The God I found in the Talmud
The God I found in the sea
The God I found under my tallit
The God I found at summer camp
The God I found in each face on the subway
The God I found in loud music
The God I found in crowded city nights
The God I found in quiet snowy mornings
The God I found in motherhood
The God I found in my child
The God I found in pink grapefruits
The God I found in ripe yellow peaches
The God I found in shouting
The God I found in heat
The God I found in new friendship
The God I found in poetry
The God I found in leftover challah for breakfast
The God I found in kissing my husband
The God I found in chocolate ice cream
The God I found in labor pains, three times
The God I found in giving in to the large ice cold Coca Cola at the Braves Game
The God I found in having a safe home
The God I found in wind that catches me
The God I found in jumping
The God I found in too-hot showers
The God I found in a firm bed
The God I found in the vibration the shofar leaves on my lips and in my body, for days
The God I found in Jerusalem and in Riverdale
The God I found on the Amtrak northeast corridor
The God I found on the shelf with my sparkly earrings
The God I found in pasta with melted cheese
The God I found in a siddur small enough to cup with one hand
The God I found in the horizon
This God I found is loving and kind and supportive and brave and encouraging and judgmental and discerning and hopeful and comforting and challenging and close and patient and majestic and holy and exciting and wondrous and mysterious and
Avi Killip is a poet and rabbi who serves as the Executive Vice President at Hadar. Avi is host of the Responsa Radio podcast.
