Birthday of the World: A Psalm for Rosh Hashanah

By Marcia Falk

Today is the birthday of the world.
But the world knows nothing
of this invention.

The world just keeps moving about itself,
buzzing and humming, exulting and keening,
birthing and being born,

while the mind keeps on its own way—
form-craving, metaphor-making,
over and over, giving birth and being born.

Blessing of the Children

By Marcia Falk

Be who you are
And be blessed
in all that you are.


This is an interpretation of the traditional Jewish blessing of the children, which can be found here.