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Shabbos Poems - Poems about Shabbos

Premium Member Balmore Eruv Verve!
... Balmore Eruv Verve! Once there was a Rabbi Yonah, Whose Shabbos Eruv made you wonder, Does Yonah’s art belong in the Louvre? Does our gratitude behoove yah? This Detroit Tiger slams ......

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Categories: shabbos, appreciation, birthday, friend, jewish,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The 'Mighty Maccabees'
... A few hundred ragtag, rabbinic Maccabees faced the might of Antiochus’ army 60,000 fighting men strong ......

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Categories: shabbos, chanukah, history, inspirational, jewish,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Two Candles
... Two candles lit Friday night the husband's, the wife's The wife's cooked and cleaned the husband's learned and dreamed (He's learned the Torah). Separate task......

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Categories: shabbos, holiday, husband, jewish, light,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Let the Adrenaline Run
... Streaming into Shabbos,* the pace quickens as if reading a novel where the plot thickens Only an hour left, so much to do and to shlepp** How will it all get done ......

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Categories: shabbos, jewish, motivation, success,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Sabbath in the Olden Times
... ~ Sabbath in the Olden Times ~ (Shabbos in der Alter Tzeiten) The title in the Yiddish language Mama lit the candles Totty blessed the wine ......

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Categories: shabbos, blessing, celebration, family, food,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Silence On Shabbos
... 11/4/2023 ~~Be quiet now, stir not a single soul~~ Though your hot tears fall hard as boulders, We are deaf, we give you the coldest shoulder. Your screa......

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Categories: shabbos, how i feel, perspective,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Dear Brother
...A poor soul approached who was singing the blues He asked, 'What does God no longer want me to do?' 'What is hateful to you, do not do to others All the rest is commentary, my dear brother' ......

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Categories: shabbos, history, jewish, spoken word,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Wind Me Up
...Wind me up Let me go Here I come I'm in the flow Sunday, Monday moving fast Tuesday, Wednesday Will it last? Thursday, Friday Now I'm gassed Hurray for Shabbos* The week ha......

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Categories: shabbos, jewish, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Joy and Light
...The Sabbath is a Joy and Light to those who taste of its delight Sanctify the bread and wine Greet the Angels, candles shine Momma's dishes ace the test Poppa's dressed in Shabbos best ......

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Categories: shabbos, faith, joy, light,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Love Your Friend
...Love your friend* as yourself That is the whole Torah** The rest is commentary How can that be? We are commanded to love God too with all our heart, soul, and might*** So how is just lo......

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Categories: shabbos, friend, god, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Boys In the Back
...The Boys in The Back By Sy Roth The right hand turned the waters 360 degrees Then another willful rotation Until the bubbling chicken-fatty waters splashed over the sides While the boys in the......

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Categories: shabbos, africa, dark, death, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Blooma Yehudis, Fruma Truths
...Blooma Yehudis, Fruma Truths A verse to nurse Barbara's 72nd "Zos Channukah", warm memories of lights, Shared stories, & hopefully Chaim's "Maor Tzur", Stayed tenor, forgive my lapses of soprano ......

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Categories: shabbos, birthday, celebration, for her,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The High Holidays
... The Chicago winds blew the soft, dark blue satin drapes. It was the spring of our passion. Why do tears fall now, with you in a cold grave? I think of what our life would have been like......

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Categories: shabbos, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Stroke Deliverance
...Stroke Deliverance When discombobulated, Hit the Restart Button, Restart...Happened 6 July 2011, Now the 7th Milestone, Dr. Cooper rescued my life before we were to Daven, Unconscious 5 hours, 1......

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Categories: shabbos, courage, death, health, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Ger's Aware Stares
...A Ger's Aware Stares See the flicker flame duo dance, Shabbos & Yom Tov mesmerance, My eyes are stymied: Chosen to share life? Apex companion she, gold circled wife, Sighting elusive meaning, To......

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Categories: shabbos, appreciation, blessing, god, jewish,
Form: Rhyme

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