from anywhere they could gather .
The man from the modest office showed us a file ; he shouldn ’ t have done that . Now they ’ re no longer cardboard files . Now they ’ re no longer just names .
Danny Siegel is a poet , storyteller , and lecturer , who has been an important voice in discussions of Tzedakah and Tikkun Olam for many years . This previously published poem appears with the author ’ s permission .
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