DOWN TO THE RIVER

TO PRAY

9.11.2018

'Freedom Tower'

 At Judson Church

Seeking refuge

Ritual
Candles, song, atonement, intentions.

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https://youtu.be/zSif77IVQdY

We walked to the Hudson River across Christopher street...

...circled again and sang more songs

stated intentions for the new year

each one with a sign...

...naming what would be left behind, passing them around the circle, then tearing them to pieces that would be composted.

the Shofar sounded...

...and was answered

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Rabbi Amachai

Blessing

We cast bread into the river where a flock of seagulls accepted our offering. Then blue streams representing the lost twin towers lit. 

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LINKS

Lab/Shul
https://labshul.org/about-labshul/

9/11/2001
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a48031/the-falling-man-tom-junod/
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https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/09/911-the-day-of-the-attacks/100143/
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