Winner of the 2022 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award presented by the League of Canadian PoetsA collaboration between poet Alisha Kaplan and artist Tobi Aaron Kahn, Qorbanot-the Hebrew word for "sacrificial offerings"-explores the concept of sacrifice, offering a new vision of an ancient practice. A dynamic dialogue of text and image, the book is a poetic and visual exegesis on Leviticus, a visceral and psychological exploration of ritual offerings, and a conversation about how notions of sacrifice continue to resonate in the twenty-first century.Both from Holocaust survivor families, Kaplan and Kahn deal extensively with the Holocaust in their work. Here, the modes of poetry and art express the complexity of belief, the reverberations of trauma, and the significance of ritual. In the poems, the speaker, offspring of burnt offerings, searches for meaning in her grandparents' experiences and in the long tradition of Orthodox Judaism in which she was raised. Kahn's paintings on handmade paper, drawn from decades of his career as an artist, have not previously been exhibited or published. They reflect his quest to distill a legacy of trauma and loss into enduring memory.With a foreword by James E. Young and essays by Ezra Cappell, Lori Hope Lefkovitz, and Sasha Pimentel, the book presents new directions for thinking about what sacrifice means in religious, social, and personal contexts, and harkens back to foundational traditions, challenging them in reimagined and artistic ways.

Foreword by James E. YoungPart IStudy for QUADARGrain OfferingPart IIStudy for YMNAHGuilt OfferingPeace OfferingStudy for VEIKUTStudy for EIKAMasada OfferingStudy for AKYLAGuilt OfferingGuilt OfferingStudy for OLYHStudy for YSKHAPeace OfferingvowStudy for KYNH v. 2Part IIIStudy for TYLAPrelinguistic OfferingSin OfferingStudy for SAKEN ABISin OfferingStudy for YDRAOffering from Which There Is No Turning BackStudy for AYALA v. 1Offering of the UnclassifiablesStudy for MUKAPHStudy for ORTYABurnt OfferingvowStudy for ARYNHPart IVStudy for MYRRSin OfferingGrain OfferingStudy for AHMAMSin OfferingStudy for GHAMAStudy for ESALHOffering in Which an Angel Appears to Moses in a Blaze of Fire from the Midst of a BushStudy for SHAARHSin OfferingStudy for EKHEVBurnt OfferingOffering to the Lost Poet Rosemary TonksStudy for AHDUStudy for JHYA v. 3Heave OfferingBurnt OfferingStudy for UPILHvowStudy for KADYHPart VStudy for RYSTAHeirlooms OfferingGuilt OfferingStudy for ZYRHA v. 3Offering to My MotherStudy for TZAAKStudy for KESERBurnt OfferingBurnt OfferingStudy for KANAKIStudy for CKIYABurnt OfferingDinner Table OfferingStudy for AERAHvowStudy for KHYTAPart VIStudy for AKAMUOffering of Ten DressesStudy for QINTA v. 3Offering to AzazelOffering for Béla RubinsteinStudy for KETUBAStudy for AGAREHGrain OfferingOffering in Which the Speaker Transcends to the Third PersonStudy for IYHANvowStudy for ARA ILAM v. 3Study for MYSHASalt OfferingOrientation OfferingStudy for YETZIRA v. 4Offering of Seven HeavensStudy for LEHUStudy for BYKOTOffering in the Holy of HoliesPart VIIAvodahStudy for STARHA v. 1EssaysToo Long a SacrificeEzra CappellIn the Spaces BetweenLori Hope LefkovitzWhat We Can OfferSasha PimentelAcknowledgmentsList of ImagesAbout the Authors and Contributors