Simchat Torah
Yedid Nefesh, Heart of my hearts
Soul of my souls, come dance with me
It's time, it's time to dance, my Loved One,
come this night and dance
Yedid Nefesh, You Whom I adore,
just as I pray for rain
 that my fields
may bring forth new life,
so do I dance thanksgiving
for Your wisdoms,
which water my spirit,
nourish my inner lands.
And so, in celebration,
I dance to You.
You Who gives me life,
this dance is for You.
As the moon grows dim, come dance with me.
Place Your hand in mine.
For this is the evening of endings,
and this is the evening of beginnings,
the everlasting dance of life.
 And You, You thread through it all
traveling with me
through closings, the dying times,
into the rewindings, the reworkings,
through that which is seen and that which lies hidden,
through that which is known and that which lies in mystery,
through that which is written, and that which lies awaiting to be expressed
I dance with You, my Partner, through it all,
through all the cycles of my life
Ever returning to the start,
that poignant, fresh, glistening point,
font of burgeoning life.
So come Yedid Nefesh,
let us dance the dance eternal,
You Who my soul adores.
Photography Credits:
First photograph: Frank Dobrushken
Second and third photographs: Leonid Rozenfeld
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