Answer Me

Build me up like a tower on the heights of your sanctuary,And set me like a seal upon your heart.Make me drunk with the blood of the foe on the day of warAnd satisfy me with his flesh on the night of redemption.Place the cup of salvation upon my right handThat my...

Inside the hidden nexus (from Jacob’s Journey)

Jacob left Be’er Sheva and set out for Haran. (Genesis 28:10)Inside the hidden nexus,from within the sealed secret,a zohar flashed,shining as a mirror,embracing two colors blended together.Once these two absorbed each other, all colors appeared:purple, the whole...

Epithalamium

‘Bound by affection, may your joy increase,as you are wed today in love and gladness;be glad and rejoice in the Lord your God.’Bridegroom, delight in your glorious marriage chambers;excel in beauty among your companions;may your heart rejoice in the wife...

Thou art One

Thou art One, the beginning of all computation, the base of all construction.Thou art One, and in the mystery of Thy Oneness the wise of heart are astonished, for they know not what it is.Thou art One, and Thy Oneness neither diminishes nor increases, neither lacks...

Intimate Hymn

From word to word I roam, from dawn to dusk.Dream in, dream out — I pass myself and towns,A human satellite.I wait, am hopeful, as one who waits at the rockFor the spring to well forth and ever well on.I feel as bright as if I tented somewhere in the Milky...

Song at Dawn

When they sang together,when my morning stars sang     as the night was ending     and light came up from all sides;when the night was ending,     the darkness expelled,     and my sun rose in the East;when my thoughts shook off...