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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 2004/09

From: Jackie Kovach <jl.kovach@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:02:44 -0400

My apologies! I meant this as a private message. Too tired after a=20
long day. Please forgive me, folks!

Jackie
On Sep 16, 2004, at 8:57 PM, Jackie Kovach wrote:

> This was pretty special to me.... our son, Gabe, is the shofar blower=20=

> at our synagogue. He really is outstanding. One of the rabbis told=20
> him last night that when he hears G blow, it's like, for him, the way=20=

> it has been, should have been, ought to have been throughout the=20
> centuries!
> On Sep 15, 2004, at 9:15 PM, Oboeeee@-----.com wrote:
>
>>
>> SHOFAR BLOWER
>>
>> The shofar blower keens a melody,
>> An old melody to God.
>> Above him=97
>> A sky without stars,
>> Primordial darkness lost in darkness,
>> The shofar blower keens a melody:
>> Teki=92ah, Teru=92ah, Shebarim.
>>
>> The blackness=97a wind, a wall,
>> There is no congregation,
>> No quorum at all.
>> The shofar blower keens a melody,
>> An old melody:
>> Hallelujah.
>>
>> Near him, an extinguished thorn,
>> As he stares into even blacker darkness,
>> The shofar blower keens a melody,
>> An old melody,
>> And waits=97
>> The thorn shall begin to burn,
>> A flame shall inscribe on a wall.
>> Above him, a sky without stars,
>> And primordial darkness,
>> And deadly venom.
>> But this does not interrupt,
>> Does not silence the horn:
>> Teki=92ah,
>> Teru=92ah,
>> Shebarim.
>>
>>
>> -Kadya Molodowsky (1894-1975) Yiddish poet and writer
>> Warsaw, Poland
>>
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> Community College of Philadelphia, adjunct faculty
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Jacqueline Kovach, oboe
The Amoris Consort (bass oboe)
Temple University Music Prep faculty
Community College of Philadelphia, adjunct faculty

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