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YEAR MOON[i]
Mori
Glaser, Jerusalem, Israel
We
sight the year's first moon
a
silver crescent
rising
delicate
and distinct
in
the deepening sky.
Our
Shofar blows
a
raspberry to the Rabbis
who
compute the moon
wrong
every time
except
once in a blue moon
which
comes next month.
This
moon is ours
candles
lit
wine
waiting
love,
our own miracle
rarer
than a Rabbinical moon
on
the right night.
The
lunar ice
love
melts away
will
freeze again
before
the next moon
to
frigid pools around my heart.
[i] The Rabbinical calculations of the lunar calendar have
become inaccurate over time. Witnesses in Israel sight the new moon each month
and report the time over the internet, thus festivals are often celebrated a
day or so later than the Rabbinical date.
Women in Judaism: A
Multidisciplinary Journal Fall 2012 Volume 9 Number 2
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