A hidden Alef. A silent scream. And a question only you can answer.
This was masterfully put together (even if you hadn’t brought in Simon & Garfunkel, which only made it better).
Comment from Rabbi Micha Berger:
Thanks for this.
The anavah that Rashi and the gemara refer to for explaining the small alef
is intimately linked to the ability to hear the qol demamah daqah. So your
suggestion may not be as boldly breaking from them as all that...
R YB Soloveitchik notes this by the seneh. The Moshe who sees the seneh
bo'eir ba'eish -- the bush burning in a fire -- as though the fire is bigger
than the bush, has a nevu'ah of an angel.
It is only when Moshe realizes that the eish is besokh haseneh, that Hashem
practices Tzimtzum, that he also emulates the "tzimtzum", the anavah
necessary to hear Hashem Himself.
Or to put it more simply: To hear G-d, one has to take a break from
listening to himself!
G'Shabbos!
-micha
This was masterfully put together (even if you hadn’t brought in Simon & Garfunkel, which only made it better).
Comment from Rabbi Micha Berger:
Thanks for this.
The anavah that Rashi and the gemara refer to for explaining the small alef
is intimately linked to the ability to hear the qol demamah daqah. So your
suggestion may not be as boldly breaking from them as all that...
R YB Soloveitchik notes this by the seneh. The Moshe who sees the seneh
bo'eir ba'eish -- the bush burning in a fire -- as though the fire is bigger
than the bush, has a nevu'ah of an angel.
It is only when Moshe realizes that the eish is besokh haseneh, that Hashem
practices Tzimtzum, that he also emulates the "tzimtzum", the anavah
necessary to hear Hashem Himself.
Or to put it more simply: To hear G-d, one has to take a break from
listening to himself!
G'Shabbos!
-micha