Tuesday, May 17, 2022

A Prayer to the Giver of LIght and Blessing - May 17, 2022

Daily Minyan Prayer for The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah

(On the 68th anniversary of the Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision for school desegregation, and after the tragic shootings in Buffalo, NY). 

May 17, 2022


Eternal God, 

Giver of light that provides us with clarity

For our eyes and for our minds and souls, 

You have created us with the ability 

To understand the meaning of creation. 

The world and the universe 

provide for us a constant model 

of diversity, growth, expansion, and symmetry 

That can we can, if we choose, reflect in how we act towards

Our fellow human beings. 

There are those individuals who recognize 

how all people are intricately connected 

And how our ongoing cooperation 

And our unending quest for mutual understanding and peace 

Emulate Your blessings for us all. 

There are others who, sadly, create barriers among

The inhabitants of our world,  

Who believe that they can dictate which people truly deserve 

Kindness, decency and compassion. 

Teach us, Source of Wisdom and hope, 

That Your Oneness encompasses us all

And that, to be like You,   

It is Your Torah, Your instruction, founded upon love

That can guide us.  

May that light of Torah seep into the depths of every human soul. 



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