Every 24th day of the Jewish Month)

A private “Hallel”
Day of great
Personal gratitude
Towards God

Um...why?

My guess would be that he says Tehillim as divided for the days of the month. The Hallel kapitlich come out on day 24.

MT

yes-that's correct

should have made myself clearer on that one

"why be clearer if you can be poetic?," i say...

Time
& its diverse changes
Can confuse
A person
Into feeling scattered
& divided
As contrasting situations
& conflicting knowledge
Enters into consciousness

We need to know
That with all of life’s changes
There is One God
One Unity connecting
All of the diverse myriad
Times & situation
Into one unique Whole

Therefore
It’s important
For every man & woman
To attach to the One
In all of life
Even as its colors, hues
& shapes changes

There is one God
Within it all
Uniting it all
Making it all

It’s One

So that all the aspects
Of a person’s life
However diverse & colorful
They may be
A Oneness of Direction
Creates calmness ,clarity & joy
Every single moment

A philosopher once wrote
“In solitude
The lonely man
Is eaten up
By himself;
Among crowds
By many”

When the Shunamite woman
Told Elisha the prophet
“I live amongst my people”
She didn’t mean
That she is among a crowd & multitude
For she was a private modest woman
But within
The privacy of her home
With a deep intimacy in the heart
She connects with her people
& thus is never alone
Her soul connecting
To the heart
Of her entire nation

Dov wrote:

Poetry are the words of the soul, boundless, infinite...that's why the nevi'im liked prophesying in song and why the greatest way of prayer and connection to God is song and why Moshe's last words to the nation was a song...just a thought

Chill, sweet brother.

It's ok. I was just playing around with his Holy-Rollyness.

Yechida can be kidded with
You should try it some time
It's nice.

(that was sort of haiku, you know)

I am very chilled, I am agreeing, or maybe I did not understand what you wrote? I just was saying that I agree that poetry is the best way of letting your soul express itself, I didn't get it that you were making fun, but nonetheless, I am chilled, or hot, you see, in Israel even in the winter it is hot...

Great!

Dark Pupil of the eye
Encircled by beautiful color

Essence of Vision
Is through the hidden

Your wife’s eyes
Aren’t just beautiful
Because of its color
It’s radiant
From the deep essence
Beneath the surface

2 Thansgiving Poems written in previous year

Thanksgiving Day
In Prospect Park
With my wife
There is beauty
In the fresh Fall air
As well as in this dear precious soul
With whom I am walking with



Thanksgiving)

Deep inside
The Turkey is at peace
Being on the table
Of family-orient non-jews
With moral values
When they express
A sincere appreciation
& heartfelt gratitude
Towards their Creator

Chanukah Light
Softly,gently
Piercing through the darkness
Shining both
Outward into the world
& inward
Awakening the soul
With the stirrings
Of holy yearning

Chanukah,Purim
My 2 oasis
In the long stretch of time
Between the Succos Fall
& Pesach Spring

Light of Chanuka
Joy of Purim
Shining into our long tiring exile
Comforting rays of hope
Of the great light
At the End of Days

It’s so hard
To rise up
After a bitter disappointment
Stemming from my weaknesses

More painful in knowing
That I’m at fault
For causing
This very disappointment

From where do I have
The strength
To rise again?

I rely on God
To lift me
Even as I am shamefaced
For He sees me clearly

He is still compassionate
& lifts me back up

For that
I’m eternally grateful to Him
Not just for lifting me back up
But for doing so
In a compassionate loving way