Monday, April 8, 2013

70th anniversary of the Warsaw uprising...

Today we mark the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw uprising on Holocaust Remembrance Day as well as the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."  Park of the Yizkor Prayer says:

Yizkor El-ohim…

May the L-rd remember
the souls of the holy and pure ones
who were killed, murdered, slaughtered, burned, drowned, and strangled
for the sanctification of the Name,
because, without making a vow, I shall give to charity on their behalf.

As reward for this,
may their souls be bound in the Bond of Life,
together with the souls of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;
Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah;
and together with the other righteous men and women in the Garden of Eden.

Now let us respond: Amen.
 
 

an oblique sense of gratitude...

This year's journey into and through Lent has simultaneously been simple and complex: simple in that I haven't given much time or ...