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Call of the Shema
May you listen to the call of the Shema
with open heart and mind
as you navigate towards the One
May your encounters unite you towards
Echad as your life’s journey’s
moves you closer to the All
We hear Jacob became Israel
for he has striven with beings divine and human
God was in this place and he didn’t know it
With much struggle Jacob reunited with Esau
yet still troubled saw God in his face
In embrace they wept
With much struggle we move towards the One
With much strife we move to become United
We weep and take the next steps
As we limp along towards the One
may our Angels protect us, may God lead us
In Shema we hear
In Echad we unite
In Life we act
“God One”
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I love this simple but profound image of life as a journey back to oneness/wholeness/Hashem through life's struggles. I grew up being taught that if you had problems they were YOUR fault somehow–always. As an adult I learned that struggle was as inevitable as sunrise and could make me a better person. But this elevates the whole journey as a journey back home. Thank you for writing this.