Shalom Shiraniks!
We just finished our weekly Zoom class, and you each created a "six room" poem about a Jewish moment, event, holiday, or other memory in your life. To review (and for those of you reading this who weren't able to participate in class this week), here is a brief how-to:
On a piece of paper, create six squares by making one line down the middle and two across. Then, starting with the top left corner, label each as follows:
IMAGE LIGHT
SOUNDS FOODS/TASTES/SMELLS
FEELINGS/METAPHOR JEWISH WORDS/PHRASES
Then:
In the Image box, describe the event in as much detail as you can (sentences not required)
In the Light box, describe what the light or colors are like in your event
In the Sounds box, describe what you heard
In the Foods/Tastes/Smells box, add a list of foods or tastes and smells
In the "Feelings/Metaphor" box, either write how you felt at or about the event, or write a metaphor or simile comparing the event to something else
Finally, in the last box, write down any words or phrases in Hebrew or Yiddish that might be associated with that event.
Then, after all of your "rooms" are full, take everything you have written and create a poem out of it, either listing all of your phrases in order or mixing them up, or even repeating one or two. It's entirely up to you. Be creative! Once you have finished your poem, add it to the comments below so we can all read it by next week's class. Shalom!
As we wash our hands
We pray,
Blessed is the Soul of the Universe,
Breathing us in and breathing us out.
May our breaths continue
And our health and the health of all
Be preserved
In this time of sickness and fear of sickness.
Holy Wholeness,
We take as much responsibility for this as we can
By observing the obligation to wash our hands
Thoroughly:
For as long as it takes to say this prayer.
Amen
We pray,
Blessed is the Soul of the Universe,
Breathing us in and breathing us out.
May our breaths continue
And our health and the health of all
Be preserved
In this time of sickness and fear of sickness.
Holy Wholeness,
We take as much responsibility for this as we can
By observing the obligation to wash our hands
Thoroughly:
For as long as it takes to say this prayer.
Amen
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה הָ׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל נְטִילַת יָדַיִם