The Greatest Love of All – PART 1
אהבתי אתכם אמר ה’ מלאכי– “I have loved you,” saith the Lord. –Malachi …הנך יפה רעייתי, הנך יפה עד שיפוח היום, ונסו הצללים-אלך לי אל הר המור, ואל גבעת הלבונה כולך יפה רעייתי, ומום אין בך איתי מלבנון כלה…ממעונות אריות, מהררי נמרים ליבבתיני, אחותי כלה; ליבבתיני באחת מעינייך מה-יפו דודייך, אחותי כלה; מה-טובו דודייך מיין, […]
Looking at God in the Eyes – PART 1(B)
I sink ‘neath the river cool and clear Drifting down I disappear I see you on the other side I search for the peace in your eyes But they’re as empty as paradise They’re as empty as paradise –Bruce Springsteen After Jacob served his father, Isaac said to him, “Please come closer and kiss […]
Looking at God in the Eyes – PART 1(A)
No wings have ever carried a greater weight of intrigue than those of the cherubs. Situated atop the Holy Ark in the Holy of Holies, the cherubs’ winged embrace has fascinated millions. In the Talmud, a classic discussion is recorded regarding the cherubs’ stance: The Torah (Exodus 25) dictates that the cherubs were to face each […]
Those Unheard are Sweeter – PART 3
Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me. ― Imam al-Ghazali It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves. ― Teresa of Ávila I Must Speak of […]
Those Unheard are Sweeter – PART 2
He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came […]
Those Unheard are Sweeter – PART 1
Heard melodies are sewet, but those unheard Are sweeter…. In his famous “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” the great Romantic poet John Keats described how he dreamily gazed at the scenes portrayed on an urn, scenes of beauty and happiness that for centuries have been on the verge of reaching their culmination. We do not […]
Renaissance
All new horizons begin with a sense of the ineffable. Everything newly born, everything purely good, everything real. It is that overwhelming elation that inspires all new undertakings. Only it can give the strength of spirit necessary to blaze a new trail and create something totally new and yet undiscovered. We started our lives as […]