Monday, September 29, 2008
Daily Dose - Shofar
Shofar
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By Tzvi Freeman
There are things that are important for us, so we speak about them.
There are things very important to us -- and so words flow out from us, bursting with emotion, meaning and depth.
And then there are things that shake us to the core. The core of our being does not wait for the mind's permission or for the right words -- there are no words that can contain it. It breaks out in a cry, in a scream and in silence.
This is the sound of the shofar: A crying voice, not even of a human being, but of an animal's horn. We need the animal -- not for its coarseness, but on the contrary, because we need to express something so sublime, it cannot find words; so essential and unbounded, the mind can neither fathom it nor hold it back.
The very core of our souls needs to cry, "Father! Father!"
By Tzvi Freeman More articles...
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman. To order Tzvi's book, "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.
Print this Page
By Tzvi Freeman
There are things that are important for us, so we speak about them.
There are things very important to us -- and so words flow out from us, bursting with emotion, meaning and depth.
And then there are things that shake us to the core. The core of our being does not wait for the mind's permission or for the right words -- there are no words that can contain it. It breaks out in a cry, in a scream and in silence.
This is the sound of the shofar: A crying voice, not even of a human being, but of an animal's horn. We need the animal -- not for its coarseness, but on the contrary, because we need to express something so sublime, it cannot find words; so essential and unbounded, the mind can neither fathom it nor hold it back.
The very core of our souls needs to cry, "Father! Father!"
By Tzvi Freeman More articles...
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman. To order Tzvi's book, "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.
