'מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל ה

"מה מקוה מטהר את הטמאים אף הקב"ה מטהר את ישראל:"
"Just as a mikvah purifies the impure, so God purifies Israel." -Rabbi Akiva, Yoma 85b

You let go.
Of the rail
and the past,
inhibitions
and volition.
Submit
and submerge,
subdued
by the sublime.

You dip beneath
and release
for an embryonic peace.
Contained,
and unchained.

No gravity,
no barriers,
no walls,
no definitions
or conditions.

You breathe and inhale
the dripping dew,
the rushing stream,
from the pure
unbroken well.

Suspended,
blended,
and extended.

Touching nothing,
holding nothing,
asking nothing.
Hands empty,
filled with water.

Then rising up
into nation,
consecration,
congregation.

Destination.



Welcome חפציבה הודיה בתציון, daughter of Avraham Avinu. My newest sister.