Elul Project 5782
אַתָּה נוֹתֵן יָד
You Extend a Hand
compiled by Isaac Sonett-Assor

Throughout the month of Elul, we invite you to take part in Temple Micah’s daily reflection as we explore the symbol of the outstretched hand. What are the forces that guide, sustain, and pull us? When do we find courage from within, and when do we lean on others?
Day 3
Today's Text: I Didn't Find Light by Accident
By Chayim Nachman Bialik, translated from Hebrew by Gabriel Levin
I didn't find light by accident,
I didn't inherit it.
I hewed it from the flint of my being
I quarried it from my heart.
One spark hides in the rock of my heart,
a small spark, all mine.
I didn't borrow it from anyone, or steal it.
It is my very own.

The hammer of grief strikes my heart
rock of my strength.
The spark flashes, flies to my eye,
from my eye to my poem
and from my poem to your heart
to kindle fire and disappear.
And I, marrow and blood,
am consumed in the flame.
Today's Question
What is the personal characteristic that you cultivated this year? What did you do to refine it? How will you share it with the world this year?

We encourage you to share your thoughts in response to our daily question by emailing elul@templemicah.org as we will, once again, incorporate many of them in our Yom Kippur afternoon service with Liz Lerman.
Thank you for your participation!
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