We thought it would be a nice to leave you with a little Shabbat gift each week before Shabbat begins.  This week we'd like to share with you a poem by Rabbi Marcia Prager to put you in the Shabbes-mood.

Shabbat Shalom and see you next week!

Tonight is a time to catch our breath.

Whatever we have been

doing,

making,

working,

creating...

Tonight is a time to catch our breath.

No matter how necessary our work,

How important to the world,

how urgent that we continue it;

No matter how joyful our work,

how fully and profoundly human;

No matter how flawed our work,

how urgent that we set it right;

No matter how hard we have worked to gather

our modest fame,

our honourable livelihood,

our reasonable power,

Tonight we pause to catch our breath.

Tonight we pause to share whatever we have gathered.