עָלֵינוּ
It is upon us!
It is upon us to repair the
broken places.
It is upon us to comfort
the sick in body and heart.
It is upon us to bring sweetness to those around us.
It is upon us to face the
truth.
It is upon us to know when we have choices.
It is upon us to see that
justice is done.
It is upon us to be kind.
It is upon us to be mindful
and compassionate.
It is upon us to forgive
and be forgiven.
It is upon us to do
teshuvah, returning to our true and decent selves.
It is upon us to do
tefillah, understanding that our prayers are holy conversations.
It is upon us to do
tzedukah, standing up for the survival of all our communities.
וַאֲנַחְנוּ
כֹּרעִים
We bend our knees!
We bend our knees to
acknowledge how small we are in the face of all this responsibility.
We bend our knees to warm
up for all the hard work.
We bend our knees so that we may dance.
לִפְנֵי מֶֽלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַֽמְּלָכִים
We are in the presence of God!
We are in the presence of God, however we understand God or however we don’t.
We are in the presence of God, blessed in the obligations of the covenant.
We are in the presence of God… yikes.
אֵין עוֹד
We are
all one in the One-ness, there is no other.
And there
is no one else to do the work. It is
upon us.
It is
upon us to save the world. Sorry.
But…
Aleinu.
But…
Aleinu.
And Happy New Year
