My mother, @SandraHBrenner2, wrote this reflection to be read at #seder. Please share this with attribution
2020, The Night Before
Envisioning this life threatening
invisible invasion now as if it were
another terrible plague of Egypt
passing over a too narrow place,
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2020, The Night Before
Envisioning this life threatening
invisible invasion now as if it were
another terrible plague of Egypt
passing over a too narrow place,
/1
We, together apart, experience
trauma along with our forebears in
this disorienting, dreadful darkness,
meanspirited realms of selfishness
& senseless violence, driven by
magical thinking pharaohs who play
power games disturbing the delicate
balance of universal law & order,
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trauma along with our forebears in
this disorienting, dreadful darkness,
meanspirited realms of selfishness
& senseless violence, driven by
magical thinking pharaohs who play
power games disturbing the delicate
balance of universal law & order,
/2
& bring on pestilence & suffering.
We ask our four questions and do our
best to conceive of the inconceivable
in the retelling of our birth story while
waiting for our honored guest, Elijah,
who will herald the early morning light.
Sandra H. Brenner
We ask our four questions and do our
best to conceive of the inconceivable
in the retelling of our birth story while
waiting for our honored guest, Elijah,
who will herald the early morning light.
Sandra H. Brenner
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