Shalom Auslander's Fetal Position

Shalom Auslander's Fetal Position

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Prayer Upon Checking One's Cellphone in the Morning

Prayer Upon Checking One's Cellphone in the Morning

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Father in Heaven, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,

grant me the strength this newborn day

to not check the news.

To not look at CNN,

To not scroll through Drudge.

To read not,

as the orange sun paints the lavender morning sky,

about the Trumps or the Musks or the Netanyahus,

nor about the Evil that prevailed,

nor about the Cheaters who won,

nor about the Gr…

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