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<div>Thank you. Sorrowfully, add Thousand Oaks.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 2:08 AM Ellie Stock via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div>
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<div>Below and attached (whichever works) is a reflection: Havdalah of Hope, written after participating in the Havdalah of Hope Service at the B'nai Amoona Congregation Saturday evening to remember those killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue.</div>
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<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">HAVDALAH OF HOPE</span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">One
flaming candle,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">multiple
wicks burning as one,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">light
from many candles woven together</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">shines
boldly beyond a single capacity… </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">This
night, </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">bidding
farewell to Shabbat</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">and
welcoming the new week,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Havdalah
candle’s brilliance</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">is
now surrounded by a circle of eleven candles,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">light
resurrected from life snuffed out </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">at
the Tree of Life Synagogue,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">(a
sign in front reading, <i>Love your
neighbor, no exceptions</i>)</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">brothers
and sisters, kindred souls, part of Creation’s family<span style="margin:0px;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">surging
before, behind, above, below, around, within</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">and
connecting us all in </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">the
great animal, vegetable, and mineral TREE OF LIFE.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">This
night the yarmulked, prayer-shawed, </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">clergy-collared,
kufi-hatted, seculared,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">(witnessed
by the uniformed and plain-clothed guardians)</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">men,
women, and children, wearing</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">gold
(not sewn Star of David) </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><i><span style="margin:0px;">No Place for Hate </span></i><span style="margin:0px;">paper lapel
stickers,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">circle
the encircled candle,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">a
beautiful solemn assembly,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">arms
weaving through each other,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">swaying,
gently, rhythmically as one, </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">tears
swelling, flowing,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">but
not quenching the light,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">listening
as<span style="margin:0px;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">the
lilting angelic voice of<span style="margin:0px;"> </span>the cantor</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">swirls
like creation, through and around them,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><i><span style="margin:0px;">Eliyahu Hanavi…Elijah the prophet</span></i><span style="margin:0px;">…</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><i><span style="margin:0px;">Bimhera B’yameinu yavo eleinu</span></i><span style="margin:0px;">…</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><i><span style="margin:0px;">Come speedily and in our day</span></i><span style="margin:0px;">…</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">And
soon the voices of all become </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">one
with the one, one with the One,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">praying,
praising, imploring, blessing,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">trusting
that</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><i><span style="margin:0px;">dovka—</span></i><span style="margin:0px;">“in spite of” they’ll never</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">stop
dancing, trying to make </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">the
world the way it needs to be.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">And,
in Spirit, this circle is </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">surrounded
and also lighted by </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">candles
of Charleston, Parkland,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Sandy
Hook, Columbine,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Laramie,
Orlando, </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Ferguson,
Charlottesville, Tallahassee</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Selma,
Birmingham, </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Wounded
Knee, Sarajevo,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Kristallnacht,
</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Auschwitz
and Buchenwald…</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">an
eternal circle, too many to name,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">but
this day must not forget,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">their
blood spilled, victims of</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">the
violence of hatred, prejudice,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">systemic
racism,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">cultural
and religious bigotry. </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">But
this day these diverse souls,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">neighbors
in humanity and creation, </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">will
not forget</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><i><span style="margin:0px;">L’Simcha</span></i><span style="margin:0px;">, Tree of Life
but</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><i><span style="margin:0px;">dovka</span></i><span style="margin:0px;">, will move on in hope—</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Hope
beyond hopes,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">and
weaving arms once more for</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">the
final song and prayer,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">of
healing and peace, </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">bid
each other</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><i><span style="margin:0px;">Shavuah Tov, </span></i><span style="margin:0px;">A Good Week!—</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">knowing
their combined brightness</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">is
stronger than the darkness of hate—</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">and,
as, in all Jewish communities,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">they
enjoy food and drink together</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">and
then depart</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">into
a cloudy night, </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">stars
and firey fall leaves hidden,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">but
healing hearts rekindled by </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">love
and <i>shalom.</i></span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></b></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">ejhs</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">11/05/18</span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></b></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></b></div>
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<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="margin:0px;">When Evil
Darkens Our World</span></b></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">By Chaim Stern</span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">When
evil darkens our world, let us be the bearers of light.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">When
fists are clenched in self-righteous rage, let our hands be open for the sake
of peace.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">When
injustice slam the door on the ill, the poor, the old, and the stranger, let us
pry the doors</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span>open.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Where
shelter is lacking, let us be builders.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Where
food and clothing are needed, let us be providers.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Where
knowledge is denied, let us be champions of learning.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">When
dissent is stifled, let our voices speak truth to power.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">When
Earth and its creatures are threatened, let us be their guardians.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">When
bias, greed, and bigotry erode our country’s values, let us proclaim liberty
throughout the <span style="margin:0px;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span>Land.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">In
the places where no one acts like a human being,</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">let
us bring courage;</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">let
us bring compassion;</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">let
us bring humanity.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="margin:0px;">Olam Chesed
Yibaneh</span></b></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">By Rabbi Menachem Creditor</span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;"> </span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">I will build this world from love…</span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">You must build this world from love…</span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">If we build this world from love…</span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;"><span style="margin:0px;">Then God will build this world from love…</span></div>
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