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Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױס
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Author of the upcoming book, "How I'm Jewish". לאָזט ייִדישקייט בלײַבן מאָדנע! "Keep Judaism weird!" מײַנע פּראָנאָמען זענען (ער/אים)
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This poem is in the Reform Judaism siddur for the Mourner's Kaddish.

Epitaph - By Merrit Malloy
When I die
Give what’s left of me away
To children
And old men that wait to die.
And if you need to cry,
Cry for your brother
Walking the street beside you.
And when you need me,
Put your arms
Around anyone
And give them
What you need to give to me.

I want to leave you something,
Something better
Than words
Or sounds.
Look for me
In the people I’ve known
Or loved,
And if you cannot give me away,
At least let me live on in your eyes
And not your mind.

You can love me most
By letting
Hands touch hands,
By letting bodies touch bodies,
And by letting go
Of children
That need to be free.
Love doesn’t die,
People do.
So, when all that’s left of me
Is love,
Give me away.
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MCmattcrespi.bsky.social

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silverjewels61.bsky.social

So very Beautiful and True! It sounds a bit like Merritt Malloy’s poem. Both are equally beautiful. 🙏❤️

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Ddalassa.bsky.social

I tear up every time I read it.

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❤️

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I really like this. I just flipped through my copy of Gates of Prayer, but it’s the 1994 edition and doesn’t have this meditation. But it does have one about a fading guttering candle that always gets me.

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Strong💪♥️💪

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TTsavluvx.bsky.social

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CPkleonardphd.bsky.social

Wow.

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AMadinayoffie.bsky.social

The poems they have around Yizkor for the holidays are mostly really good.

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Mmudgie.bsky.social

This is so beautiful 💜😭

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Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױס
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Author of the upcoming book, "How I'm Jewish". לאָזט ייִדישקייט בלײַבן מאָדנע! "Keep Judaism weird!" מײַנע פּראָנאָמען זענען (ער/אים)
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