Of this Jewish becoming-animal
Clothing myself in the hide
Of a sacrifice. Binding
My limbs into lifeless
And thin skin, restrained—
Head down, my neck
Exposed. I offer myself
My prayer
My god
descends
Levi Morrow
Levi Morrow is a writer, teacher, and translator living in Jerusalem with his wife and their kids. He is a PhD candidate in the Jewish Philosophy Department at the Hebrew University, focusing on the Political Theology of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik. Levi he teaches medieval and modern Jewish thought at Yeshivat Orayta, and is a research fellow at both the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center and the Shalom Hartman Institute. His poems and translations have been published in The Southshore Review, The Jewish Literary Journal, and The Barnacle Goose.
