Yizkor

yizkor ‫יזכור‬

We invite the presence of all of our ancestors–

Spiritual Familial Queer Trans Immigrants Refugees Survivors

–into this space.

May we carry their eternal light with us.

in blessed memory of Ira Friedman

‫מנחם בן יעקב ולילי‬

You Do Not Belong to You You belong to the universe and you will be reclaimed by it's constant, ever-changing heart – your wise body and your spacious mind, when you are joyful or not,

whether you are ready or not, even as you turn away– to be buffeted and set aloft, a twig in the wind.

-Marcia Falk

‫כל העולם כולו גשר צר מאוד והעיקר לא לפחד כלל‬ ‫רב נחמן מברסלב ז׳׳ל‬-

All the world is a very narrow bridge, and the essential thing is to not be afraid -Reb Nachman of Breslov z''l

All we can do is not be afraid

‫תהילים קמ״ד‬ ‫ְי ֹהָו ה ָמ ה־ָא ָד ם ַו ֵּת ָד ֵע הּו‬ ‫ֶּב ן־ֱא נֹו ׁש ַו ְּת ַח ְּׁש ֵב הּו ׃‬ ‫ָא ָד ם ַל ֶה ֶב ל ָּד ָמ ה‬ ‫ָי ָמ יו ְּכ ֵצ ל עֹו ֵב ר׃‬ ‫ַּב ֹּבֶק ר ָי ִצ יץ ְו ָח ָל ף‬ ‫ָל ֶע ֶר ב ְי מֹו ֵל ל ְו ָי ֵב ׁש ׃‬ ‫ָּת ֵׁש ב ֱא נֹו ׁש ַע ד־ַּד ָּכ א‬ ‫ַו ֹּתאֶמ ר ׁש ּו בּו ְב ֵנ י־ָא ָד ם׃‬

Havaya mah adam vateda'eihu ben enosh vathash'beihu adam lahevel ramah yamav c'tseil oveir baboker yatsits v'chalaf la'erev y'moleil v'yaveish tasheiv enosh ad daca v'atomer shuvu bnei adam

Psalm 144

ONE BEYOND HUMANITY: what are we that you should consider us? mere sparks of mortality not to be thought upon. humanity is vapor whose days cease like a passing shadow. in the morning, blossoming like dew, in the evening, withering and drying up. sparks of mortality, returned to dust. THE INFINITE says "return to me, sparks of mortality.

For a Parent May the Divine remember the soul of _________ , my parent, my teacher who went up to their place of eternal rest. I will, without obligating myself, give tzedakah for their soul. In this merit may their soul be bound in the bound the souls of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah, Bilhah and Zilpah, and with the other righteous ones who are in Gan Eden; and let us say, Amen.

‫ִי ְז ּכ ֹו ר ֱא ֹלִה ים ִנ ְׁש ַמ ת הֹו ֶר ִת י מֹו ֶר ִת י‬ ‫(__________) ֶׁש ָה ְל ֶכ ה ְל עֹו ָל ֶמ ה‬ .‫ַּב ֲע בּור ֶׁש ְּב ִל י ֶנ ֶד ר ֶא ֵּת ן ְצ ָד ָק ה ַּב ֲע ד ַה ְנ ָׁש ָמ ה‬ ‫ִּב ְׂש ַכ ר ֶז ה ְּת ֵה א ַה ֶנ ֶפ ׁש ְצ רּוָר ה ְצ רּוָר ה ִּב ְצ רֹו ר ַה ַח ִּי ים‬ ‫ִע ם ִנ ְׁש מֹו ת ַא ְב ָר ָה ם ִי ְצ ָח ק ְו ַי ֲע ֹקב ָׂש ָר ה ִר ְב ָק ה ָר ֵח ל ֵל ָא ה ִּב ְל ָה ה‬ ‫וִז ְל ָּפ ה‬ ‫ְו ִע ם ְׁש ָא ר ַצ ִּד יִק ים ְו ַצ ְד ָק ִנ ּי ֹו ת ֶׁש ְּב ַג ן ֵע ֶד ן ְו ֹנאַמ ר ָא ֵמ ן‬ Yizkor elohim nishmat horeti moreti ___________.

Shehalcheh l'olameh ba'avur shevli neder etein tz'dakah ba'ad han'shamah bishchor zeh t'hei hanefesh tz'rurah bitzror ha'chayim im nishmot avraham, itzhak, v'yakov, sarah, rivkah, rachel, bilhah, v'zilpah v'im she'ar tzadikim v'tadikot sheb'gan eiden v'nomar amen.

For other loved ones May the Divine remember the soul of my grandparent/my aunt/uncle/my sibling/my friend/my lover, _________, who went up to their place of eternal rest. I will, without obligating myself, give tzedakah for their soul. In this merit may their soul be bound in the bound the souls of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah, Bilhah and Zilpah, and with the other righteous ones who are in Gan Eden; and let us say, Amen.

‫ִי ְז ּכ ֹו ר ֱא ֹלִה ים ִנ ְׁש ַמ ת‬ ________ ‫ּד ׄוִד י‬ ‫ֶּב ִּת י‬ ‫ֲא ֶח ִת י‬ ‫ּד ׄוֶד ִת י‬ ‫ָס ֶּב ִּת י‬ ‫ ִּב ְׂש ַכ ר‬.‫ֶׁש ָה ְל ֶכ ה ְל עֹו ָל ֶמ ה ַּב ֲע בּור ֶׁש ְּב ִל י ֶנ ֶד ר ֶא ֵּת ן ְצ ָד ָק ה ַּב ֲע ד ַה ְנ ָׁש ָמ ה‬ ‫ֶז ה ְּת ֵה א ַה ֶנ ֶפ ׁש ְצ רּוָר ה ְצ רּוָר ה ִּב ְצ רֹו ר ַה ַח ִּי ים‬ ‫ִע ם ִנ ְׁש מֹו ת ַא ְב ָר ָה ם ִי ְצ ָח ק ְו ַי ֲע ֹקב ָׂש ָר ה ִר ְב ָק ה ָר ֵח ל ְו ֵל ָא ה‬ ‫ְו ִע ם ְׁש ָא ר ַצ ִּד יִק ים ְו ַצ ְד ָק ִנ ּי ֹו ת ֶׁש ְּב ַג ן ֵע ֶד ן ְו ֹנאַמ ר ָא ֵמ ן‬ Yizkor elohim nishmat saveti/dodeti/acheti/beti/dodi ___________.

Shehalcheh l'olameh ba'avur shevli neder etein tz'dakah ba'ad han'shamah bishchor zeh t'hei hanefesh tz'rurah bitzror ha'chayim im nishmot avraham, itzhak, v'yakov, sarah, rivkah, rachel, bilhah, v'zilpah v'im she'ar tzadikim v'tadikot sheb'gan eiden v'nomar amen.

Source of All, filled with Compassion, Imminent and Infinite, unfold the wings of Divine Presence and let perfect rest for the soul abide beneath them.

May their soul return to its Deepest Source, carried by Compassion, but let their memory be eternally bound with our lives.

Truly, their inheritance exceeds our understanding; may they rest in peace, sheltered by the wings of Divine Presence.

And let us say, Amen.

‫ֵא ל ָמ ֵל א ַר ֲח ִמ ים‬ ‫ׁש ֹו ֵכ ן ַּב ְּמ רֹו ִמ ים‬ ‫ַה ְמ ֵצ א ְמ נּוָח ה ְנ כֹו ָנ ה‬ ‫ַּת ַח ת ַּכ ְנ ֵפ י ַה ְּׁש ִכ יָנ ה‬ ‫ְּב ַמ ֲע לֹו ת ְק דֹו ִׁש ים ּוְט הֹו ִר ים‬ ‫ְּכ ֹזַה ר ָה ָר ִק יַע ַמ ְז ִה יִר ים‬ ‫ְל ִנ ְׁש מֹו ת ֶשׁ ִה זַכּ ְר נוּ ַה יוֹם‬ ‫ִל ְב ָר ָכ ה ֶׁש ָה ְל כּו ְל עֹו ָל ָמ ם‬ El malei rachamim ‫ְּב ַג ן ֵע ֶד ן ְּת ֵה א ְמ נּוָח ָת ם‬ shochen bam'romim ‫ָל ֵכ ן ַּב ַע ל ָה ַר ֲח ִמ ים‬ hamtzei m'nuchah n'chonah ‫ַי ְס ִּת יֵר ם ְּב ֵס ֶת ר ְּכ ָנ ָפ יו ְל עֹו ָל ִמ ים‬ tachat kanfei haSh'chinah ‫ְו ִי ְצ רֹו ר ִּב ְצ רֹו ר ַה ַח ִּי ים ֶא ת ִנ ְׁש ָמ תם‬ bema'alot k'doshim ute'horim ‫ְי ָי הּוא ַנ ֲח ָל ָת ם‬ kezohar harakia mazhirim ‫ְו ָי נּוחּו ְּב ָׁש לֹו ם‬ l'nishmot shehiz'car'nu hayom ‫ַע ל ִמ ְׁש ָּכ ָב ם‬ liv'racha shehal'chu l'olamam ‫ְו ֹנאַמ ר ָא ֵמ ן‬ B'gan eden t'hei menuchatam lachen ba'al harachamim yastireyem beseter kenafav le'olamim veyitzror bitzror hachayim et nismatam Adonai hu nachalatam Veyanuachu beshalom al mishkavam venomar amen.

‫ִֽמ ן־ַ֭הֵּמ ַ֥צר ָק ָ֣ראִת י ָּ֑יּה ָע ָ֖נִנ י ַב ֶּמ ְר ָ֣חב ָֽיּה ׃‬ Min hameitzar karati yah, anani vamerchav yah

To You I call, feeling scared and small.

And You reply with the vastness of the sky!

Kaddish: Beauty of the World Praise the world – praise its fullness

and its longing, its beauty and its grief.

Praise stone and fire, lilac and river,

and the solitary bird at the window.

Praise the moment when the whole bursts through pain

and the moment when the whole bursts forth in joy.

Praise the dying beauty with all your breath, and praising, see

the beauty of the world is your own.

- Marcia Falk

‫ועל כל ישראל ועל כל יושבי תבל יאמרו אמן‬

May the one who makes harmony above, make peace for us

‫עושה שלום במרומיב הוא יעשב שלום עלינו‬ for all Gd wrestlers, and for all who dwell here. And we say, amen.

sources kavanah: from Siddur Kol Haneshamah "You Do Not Belong to You" by Marcia Falk from The Days Between "All we can do is not be afraid" from Molly Bajgot's "Gesher Tzar" Psalm 144 translation by Ari L. Monts Yizkor prayer in Hebrew by Rabbi David E Rendsburg for the Nonbinary Hebrew Project Yizkor prayer english translations by Ari L. Monts "El Malei Rachamim" English translations by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie for Lab/Shul's Yizkor service "Min Hameitzar" translation from Josh(ua) Blaine's "The Sky's Reply" "Kaddish: Beauty of the World" by Marcia Falk from The Days Between Kaddish translation from Siddur Kol Haneshamah "Oseh Shalom" translation by Ari L. Monts

to listen to some of the songs heard today and a few more, go to https://soundcloud.com/alainamonts/sets/yizkor-zine

ari l. monts 2021 | 5782 ‫הגר בלהה בת אברהם ושרה‬