by admin | Sep 1, 2024 | Judaism, Poems by Men
Lord, where shall I find You? Yourplace is lofty and secret. And whereshall I not find You? The whole earth isfull of Your glory!You are found in man’s innermostheart, yet You fixed earth’s boundaries.You are a strong tower for those whoare near, and the...
by admin | May 21, 2024 | Judaism, Poems by Men
Before I was, Thy mercy came to me,inverting void and being Thou madest me to be.Who wrought my image, poured my essenceinto the crucible and gave me shape?Who breathed a soul into meopened the belly of Sheol and took me out?Who led me from childhood until here?Who...
by admin | Dec 3, 2023 | Judaism, Poems by Men
She said: “Be happy that God has helped you reachThe age of fifty in this world,” not knowingThat to me there is no difference between my life’sPast and that of Noah about whom I heard.For me there is only the hour in which I am present in this world:It stays...
by admin | Oct 30, 2023 | Judaism, Poems by Men
Rise and open the door that is shut,and send to me the roe that is fled.The day of his coming he shall lie all night between my breaststhere his good smell shall rest upon me.How looks thy beloved, O lovely bride,that thou sayest to me ‘Take him and send...
by admin | Jun 10, 2023 | Judaism, Poems by Men
The Nut Garden holds things felt and thought,and feeling for thought is always a palace –Sinai with flames of fire about it,burning though never by fire devoured.On all four sides surrounded so,entrance is barred to pretenders forever.For one who learns to be...
by admin | May 30, 2023 | Judaism, Poems by Men
He [Abraham] was sitting in the opening of the tent….Sarah heard from the opening of the tent. (Genesis 18:1, 10)Rabbi Judah opened”‘Her husband is known in the gateswhen he sits among the elders of the land'(Proverbs 31:23).Come and see:The Blessed...
