by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
1.Tekia! (One long blast)
My toddler cuddles in my lap, shy in the backyard of new friends.
“Look Abraham!” I say. “Look, who is this tree?”
He peeks out and his face breaks into a smile.“Ah-buh-VI-tay!”
“And who is this, with the sharp needles?”
“Spooce!” he says.
Shyness forgotten under the branches of old friends,
Abraham squirms off my lap and explores the sandbox.
2. T’ru’ah! (Three wailing blasts)
When I commit myself fully to the personhood all around me ...
