By Rabbi Katy Allen for Ma’yan Tikvah – A Wellspring of Hope and Jewish Climate Action Network

Shanah Tovah

Enjoy today’s reflection on the new year.

September 6, 2021

(Courtesy photo)

STOP!

Such we are commanded each week.

Stop taking from the land!

Such we are commanded each seventh year.

Why bother stopping?

Perhaps to see.

Perhaps to notice.

Perhaps to discover if we care.

Stopping draws us in.

Opens us to new life.

Deepens us to death.

Reveals to us Godness.

Brings us home.

Shanah tovah!

May you have a year rich with wonders.

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Rabbi Katy Allen

Rabbi Katy Allen is the co-founder and president pro-tem of the Jewish Climate Action Network and the founder and rabbi of Ma’yan Tikvah - A Wellspring of Hope in Wayland, which holds services outdoors all year long. She is a board-certified chaplain and former hospital and hospice chaplain and considers herself an eco-chaplain. She is the facilitator of One Earth Collaborative, a program of Open Spirit in Framingham. She received her ordination from the Academy for Jewish Religion in Yonkers, N.Y., in 2005, and lives in Wayland with her spouse, Gabi Mezger, who leads the singing at Ma’yan Tikvah.