In the middle of the summer, have you thought of your heating system? Did you realize that there are only two months from now to October? I remember many times on the High Holidays having to put on an overcoat.

Poet's Corner
Doors
by Ruth Lewis

The gates are beginning to swing open in Elul...
Doors are to keep things out,
To keep things in, to let things in.
But which keep out?
Which let in?
Keep out the cold, the storm,
The danger, and the night,
Keep in the safe, the warm, the love.
And to let in?
Ah, that's what's hard to know.
Doors only keep things safe, you know,
If they are closed.
And sometimes locked and bolted,
Chained, or set about with guards.
And sometimes sealed with towels,
And masking tape.
Yet other times, doors should be
Opened so wide...

Doors only keep things safe, you know,
If they are strong.
Not swinging, swaying to and fro,
With every push,
With every passing breeze.
"If she is a wall...
We will build on her.
But if she is as a (swinging) door..."
"I am a wall!"
Doors of our home, our hearts, our minds.
Doors of our mouths, our ears, our eyes.
Doors of our children's hearts, minds...
We should be giving so much thought
To doors.

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