Shabbat Shalom
This Shabbat, Stacey Robinson shares
Shabbat Poem (Psalm 92)
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 And so we stand On the edge of this week
Pebbles strewn at our feet
The distance between us an endless heartbeat
The difference like night
Like day
Like light and darkness
Like God
Who separates the days
And brings us
Ever and always
To this holy edge
To this Shabbat
Where we stand
Trembling with effort
Weary from a week filled with
Noise and action and movement
Restless and driven
From one moment to the next
Until we are brought to this edge
This endless and always edge
To this Shabbat
Sacred and at peace
We pause
We breathe
At rest
Separate
Together
With God
Together
With one another
In a flickerflame of candle light
The setting of the sun
From one breath to the next
One heartbeat
We stand on the edge and cross into the infinite
As one
Into peace
Into Shabbat Stacey Zisook Robinson has been writing poetry and creative non-fiction since she launched her blog,Stumbling towards meaning, in 2009. Prior to that, she wrote in the old-fashion way, using pen and paper. Using a digital format, she can write faster, delete easier and reach a much wider audience. In addition to her blog, she is a regular contributor to the Reform Judaism blog, and is privileged to be a writer at several online sites, including iPinionsyndicate.com and thesmartly.com. She was published last year in the summer issue of Lilith Magazine, and was one of the featured authors in Beth Emet's Memorial Book for 2013/5774. She lives in Skokie with her son, Nate. Stacey is also the curator of The Shabbat Project, Beth Emet's weekly
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