סתירה למישאל / A Contradiction Psalm

Inside a Korean Mountain, photo by Diane Sasson

Dear friends, 

 סתירה למישאל / A Contradiction Psalm 

Without contradictions we would be lost in a desert of boredom. 

Without contradictions there would be no depth. 

Without contradictions meaning would be lost. 

Without contradictions we would not laugh. 

Without contradictions living would be terribly easy. 

Without contradictions learning would have an end.

We praise You, oh awesome contradiction at the heart of our lives. 

Without contradictions God would be a comprehensible concept. 

Without contradictions friendship would dull. 

Without contradictions what would I love? 

Without contradictions judgement would thrive. 

Without contradictions no prayer would rise. 

Without contradictions our lives would make very nice sense.

We hate You, oh awesome contradiction at the heart of our lives. 

Without contradictions my faith would turn to stone. 

Without contradictions the inanimate would have no secret life. 

Without contradictions we could know it all. 

Without contradictions we would know nothing. 

Without contradictions death would lose its mystery. 

Without contradictions poetry would die. 

We love You, oh awesome contradiction at the heart of our lives. 

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Misha