{"id":11051,"date":"2009-09-24T13:08:16","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T21:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=11051"},"modified":"2009-09-24T23:57:33","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T07:57:33","slug":"berkeley-mohel-battling-oral-cancer-wrote-rosh-hashanah-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=11051","title":{"rendered":"Yisroel Pensack: Berkeley Mohel Battling Oral Cancer Wrote Rosh Hashanah Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

This poem by the seriously ill mohel and Torah teacher Rabbi Chanan Feld<\/a> was read to his Beit Midrash Ohr HaChaim congregation in Berkeley by his wife Jody on Rosh Hashanah: <\/p>\n

\n

Rosh HaShanah
\nwords from Rabbi Chanan Feld [HaRav Chanan Velvel Simcha ben Bryna]<\/p>\n

We’re asked to be expansive.  Peer and project far
\n   beyond for another 365 days.
\nAnother cycle of limudim, moadim, parshiot, life cycle
\n   events.
\nPosture of hope, confidence…our tshuva will be
\n   accepted….This is just the beginning!<\/p>\n

The polar extreme of being consumed by the moment,
\n   the focus on each breath, sometimes every millisecond.
\nSometimes those moments on the other side of
\n   our time and space.<\/p>\n

Is it the dreamer’s imagination, flying unfettered
\n   over the days to come
\nOr the mindful one mining the moment of now,
\n   who experiences the true pulse?<\/p>\n

Truth:
\nRosh HaShanah is the head of a circle
\n   No beginning, no end
\nFrom "briat HaOlam" to the "geulah shleimah," one
\n   continuous flow<\/p>\n

Eternity in each present, a year in each day,
\n   the entire universe in each second.<\/p>\n

What will be our year to come?<\/p>\n

Take a moment….Gaze on a loved one.
\n   Appreciate your community,
\nYour surroundings, the kedushah of Shabbat
\n   and Yom Tov.<\/p>\n

Take a moment and feel my love for each and everyone
\nwhose help, tehillim, tefillot, concern allowed me to
\n   write this.  One whose humbled spirit feels utterly
\n    grateful to all<\/p>\n

That’s what our year will be, the eternally
\n    present love of HaShem.
\nThat’s the moment of your now and year to come.<\/p>\n

       Shana Tova Umetukah.
\nMay Our Righteous Redeemer usher in Redemption
\n        for
\n     Klal B’nei Yisroel<\/p>\n

                                   B’ahavah!<\/p>\n

                                    Chanan<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This poem by the seriously ill mohel and Torah teacher Rabbi Chanan Feld was read to his Beit Midrash Ohr HaChaim congregation in Berkeley by his wife Jody on Rosh Hashanah:  Rosh HaShanah words from Rabbi Chanan Feld [HaRav Chanan … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1595,127,18818],"tags":[19074,19072,19073,12943],"class_list":["post-11051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mohel","category-poetry","category-yisroel-pensack","tag-beit-midrash-ohr-hachaim","tag-berkeley","tag-r-chanan-feld","tag-rosh-hashanah"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t