Meditation Services for Humanistic Jews (1976)
(sung to the tune of “Erev shel Shoshanim”)
NA-E HA-OR BA-A-DAM.
NA-E HA-OR MIK-KOL KO-KHA-VEEM
NA-E HA-OR MIK-KOL O-LA-MEEM
NA-E HA-OR SHEL A-DAM.
The light of mankind is beautiful.
It is more beautiful than the light of the sun
It is more beautiful than the light of the stars.
Note on sources: The Jewish Humanist was the monthly newsletter of The Birmingham Temple. The periodical Humanistic Judaism was the quarterly journal of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. The Center for New Thinking was Wine’s adult learning program beyond Humanistic Judaism. Selections from Wine’s books are appropriately cited.
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