teri simon
A Woman of Valor
eshet chayil A Woman of Valor Those who love her rise up and call her blessed Many have done well but she stands out from the rest More precious than rubies, more precious than gold Strength beyond measure, a treasure to behold Eshet chayil mi yimtza V’rachok mi’pninim mikrah We honor her for all of her days Her life proclaims her praise She holds her hand out to those who are in need And matters of tomorrow she faces cheerfully Friends seek her counsel, she’s ready to avise The Fair One they call her, and all her words are wise From Proverbs 31 | words and music by Lisa Silver
for healing
teacher
For the hurt of body and of soul
Everything depends on
For the suffering and pain
the person who stands in
As You healed the ones who came before
front of the classroom.
May You heal us just the same
He is either a witness or
R’fuat hanefesh, r’fuat haguf
a stranger. To guide a
El na r’fana
pupil into the promised
R’faeinu Adonai
land, he must have
R’fuah shleimah
been there himself.
R’fuat hanefesh, r’fuat haguf El na r’fana
What we need more than
R’faeinu Adonai
anything else is not text
R’fuah shleimah
books but text people.
For the hurt of body and of soul
It is the personality of
For the suffering and pain
the teacher which is the
As You healed the ones who came before
text that the pupils read,
May You heal us just the same
the text they will never
As You healed the ones who came before
forget.
May You heal us just the same Rabbi Abraham Joshua From the liturgy | words and music by Teri Simon
Heschel
the flying elephant Mother | Friend | Teacher | Songwriter | Author
Teri generously shared her struggle with “lung junk” with the world through her writing and in the two books that resulted from her blog. If you’d like to honor Teri by buying the books, Please visit www.flyingelephantbook.com. Proceeds benefit Gilda’s Club Nashville, LUNGevity, and The National Lung Cancer Partnership. You can hear more of Teri’s music at www.kkshabbat.com
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