The Days Between: Blessings, Poems, and Directions of the Heart for the Jewish High Holiday Season

Zikhronot: Recalling

178 ∂ entering the gAtes ‫זיכרונות‬ ּ‫ו‬‫נ‬ ָ ‫ל‬ ‫ה‬ ֶּ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ג‬ ְ ‫מ‬ ‫ֹן‬‫ו‬‫ר‬ ָּ ‫כ‬ ִּ‫ז‬ ַ ‫ה‬ .ּ‫ו‬‫נ‬ ָ ‫א‬ ‫י‬ ִ ‫מ‬ ֹ‫ו‬‫ֹת‬‫ו‬‫א‬ ׁ ‫ש‬ ָ ‫ל‬ ‫ֹן‬‫ו‬‫י‬ ְ ‫מ‬ ִּ‫ד‬ ַ ‫ה‬ . ׁ ‫ש‬ ָ ‫ד‬ ָ ‫ח‬ ֵ ‫מ‬ ‫ע‬ ַ ‫ג‬ ֶ ‫ר‬ ‫ׇל‬‫כ‬ ְּ ‫ב‬ ‫י‬ ִ‫נ‬ ֲ ‫א‬ ָ ‫ה‬ ,‫ע‬ ַ ‫ג‬ ֶ ‫ר‬ ‫ׇל‬‫כ‬ ְּ ‫ב‬ .‫ֹת‬‫ו‬‫ש‬ ָ ‫ד‬ ֲ ‫ח‬ ‫ים‬ ִ‫נ‬ ָּ ‫פ‬ ׁ ‫ש‬ ֵ ‫ֹב‬‫ו‬‫ל‬ ∂ , ְ ‫ך‬ִ‫י‬ ַ ‫ּר‬‫ו‬‫ע‬ ְ‫נ‬ ‫ד‬ ֶ ‫ס‬ ֶ ‫ח‬ ְ ‫ך‬ ָ ‫ל‬ ‫י‬ ִּ ‫ת‬ ְ ‫ר‬ ַ ‫כ‬ ָ ‫ז‬ , ְ ‫ך‬ִ‫י‬ ָ ‫ת‬ ֹ ‫ּל‬‫ו‬‫ל‬ ְּ ‫כ‬ ‫ת‬ ַ ‫ב‬ ֲ ‫ה‬ ַ ‫א‬ ,‫ר‬ ָּ ‫ב‬ ְ ‫ד‬ ִּ ‫מ‬ ַּ ‫ב‬ ‫י‬ ַ ‫ר‬ ֲ ‫ח‬ ַ ‫א‬ ְ ‫ך‬ ֵּ ‫ת‬ ְ ‫כ‬ ֶ ‫ל‬ .‫ה‬ ָ ‫ּע‬‫ו‬‫ר‬ ְ ‫ז‬ ‫א‬ ֹ ‫ל‬ ‫ץ‬ ֶ ‫ר‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ְּ ‫ב‬ ‫ב‬ ,‫ב‬ ‫—ירמיה‬ ,‫ה‬ ָ‫נ‬ ְ ‫ק‬ ִ ‫ז‬ ‫ד‬ ַ ‫ע‬ ְ‫ו‬ ‫ּת‬‫ו‬‫ד‬ ְ ‫ל‬ַּ‫י‬ ִ ‫מ‬ ‫ת‬ ָ ‫ּל‬‫ו‬ּ‫ז‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ם‬ ִ ‫ע‬ ‫ר‬ ֶׁ ‫ש‬ ֶּ ‫ק‬ ַ ‫ה‬ .‫יק‬ ִ ‫מ‬ ֲ ‫ע‬ ַ ‫ּמ‬‫ו‬ ְ ‫ך‬ ֵ ‫ֹל‬‫ו‬‫ה‬ ∂ ְ ‫ך‬ ָ ‫ֹת‬‫ו‬‫א‬ ‫י‬ ִ ‫ית‬ ִ ‫ר‬ ְּ ‫ת־ב‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ‫י‬ ִ‫נ‬ ֲ ‫א‬ ‫י‬ ִּ ‫ת‬ ְ ‫ר‬ ַ ‫כ‬ ָ ‫ז‬ ְ‫ו‬ ְ ‫ך‬ִ‫י‬ ָ ‫ּר‬‫ו‬‫ע‬ ְ‫נ‬ ‫י‬ ֵ ‫ימ‬ ִּ ‫ב‬ .‫ם‬ ָ ‫ֹל‬‫ו‬‫ע‬ ‫ית‬ ִ ‫ר‬ ְּ ‫ב‬ ְ ‫ך‬ ָ ‫ל‬ ‫י‬ ִ ‫ֹת‬‫ו‬‫ימ‬ ִ ‫ק‬ ֲ ‫ה‬ ַ‫ו‬ —‫ס‬ ,‫טז‬ ‫יחזקאל‬ ּ‫ו‬‫ינ‬ ֵ ‫ר‬ ָׁ ‫ש‬ ְ ‫ק‬ ‫ׇל‬‫כ‬ ְ‫ו‬ ‫ן‬ ֵּ ‫ת‬ִ‫י‬ ‫י‬ ִ ‫מ‬ ,‫ים‬ ִ‫נ‬ ֵּ ‫כ‬ ּ‫ו‬‫י‬ ְ ‫ה‬ִ‫י‬ ,‫ים‬ ִּ‫י‬ ִ ‫ד‬ ָ ‫ד‬ ֲ ‫ה‬ .‫ים‬ ִ‫נ‬ ָ ‫מ‬ ֱ ‫א‬ ֶ‫נ‬ (‫השנה‬ ‫(לראש‬ Service for the High Holidays ç 179 Zikhronot: Recalling MeMory, selF, And other Recollections shape us, remind us who we are. Imagination brings what is buried to light. With each moment recalled, the kaleidoscope turns, patterns change, colors shift places. The selves within the self come into view. ç I remember the lovingkindness of your youthful days, your love when you were betrothed, when you followed me in the wilderness, in the land barren of seed. —Jeremiah 2:2 From youth to age, our bonds with others deepen, become more truthful. ç I will remember my covenant with you from the days of your youth and I will establish that covenant for eternity. —Ezekiel 16:60 Reciprocity, fidelity: the grounding of relationship. (For Rosh Hashanah) ...