When we receive an extra neshama on Shabbat
we are granted an opening for newness.
Gazing at the young moon,
we sing a new day and a new month
into being.
Praise to the Infinite Unfolding.
On the 15th of Shvat the moon a giant orb,
we watch it rise out of the ocean;
we celebrate Tu B’shvat,
communing with the trees
and breathing them in.
Just as the new moon is invisible,
so the sap surges under the surface
in the miraculous work of creation;
bringing forth the fruit of nourishment
and the joy of shared blessing.
We feel a connection to that spark of tender life,
and we become open vessels
for the light of revelation.
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