The Woman Rabbi
This is about an old Jewish lady
Watching a young woman rabbi
Pray in the synagogue
Her body gently swaying
Praising God
This is about an old lady
Who feels the song
Moving within her
Who hears the last plaintive note
Of the shofar
Calling to her
On Yom Kippur
An old lady
Who sits in the synagogue
Cursing
Hashem, her God
For not making women rabbis
Sooner
Cursing Adonai
Who is everywhere in the universe
In Her own language.
Kerem Volume 12
