When I lead the daily minyan on Facebook Live for The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah in Overland Park, I try to create a short reading to move from the Barechu/Call to Worship to the Shema/Declaration of God’s Oneness. There was a lot on my mind this week, especially the banning of a book that teaches about the Holocaust in a unique way.
Daily Minyan Reading
January 30, 2022
Blessed are You, Eternal One,
Creator of Light
That illumines this world by day
And enlightens our minds both day and night.
Teach us to shine light into dark places
When meaningful history is consigned to shadows
When present truths are forced into dark corners
Of concealment
When visions for the future that could ensure well-being
Are cast, instead, as threats to human hope.
Eternal God,
Source of wisdom who granted us the ability
To learn and grow,
Make our faces, our eyes, our souls
Glow with the essence of Your Torah
Enabling us to discover
All around us and inside of us
Your Oneness
Which unites us in love.
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