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The Kingdom of Softness Another Kind of Revelation

המשתה - זלדה

כָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת בָּאוּ לַמִּשְׁתֶּה,

כָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת.

זֶה אַחַר זֶה

יַדְלִיקוּ לַפִּיד

בְּהֵיכַל הַגּוּף הַחוֹגֵג,

בַּטִּירָה שֶׁפָּתְחָה שְׁעָרֶיהָ

לַשֶּׁמֶש,

לַכְּאֵב,

לַהֲוָיָה מִתְחוֹלֶלֶת

בְּמַלְכוּת

שֶׁכָּרְתָה בְּרִית

לְקוֹל כִּנוֹרוֹת הַכְּמִיהָה

עִם הָאוֹקְיָנוֹס,

וְעִם הַנֵּס -

בְּמִקְדַּשׁ הָרֹךְ הַנִּצְחִי

הֶחָצוּב

בְּאַפְלוּלִית

שֶׁל רֶגַע נָמוֹג.

The Banquet - Zelda

All of the worlds came to the banquet,

All of the worlds.

One after another

Each will light a torch

In the hall of the celebrating body,

The castle that opened its gates

To the sun

To the pain

To existence coming into being

In a kingdom

That signed a treaty

To the sounds of longing violins

With the ocean

And with miracle

In the temple of eternal softness

Hewn from the shadows

Of a fleeting moment.

Turning Teaching Into Prayer
Next time you say a blessing, allow the dot on the Vav of “barukh” to float gently upwards, and acknowledge that - with softness You YHVH our god, rule the universe in this moment, whatever it may be.