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We Learned From Yonah
© Issachàr Tal van Kekem

Psalm 139
Where shall I go from Your spirit?
Where shall I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend up into Heaven, You are there!
If I make my bed in the depths of Hell, behold: You are there!
For YOU… are EVERYWHERE!!!

If I ride the wings of morning, to the farthest parts of the sea
Even there Your hand would lead me
Even there Your hand would be

If the darkness would envelop me, and the light about me was night -
Even that would not be too dark for You!
No, for You my darkness is like light…

For You made my reins; You knitted me in my mother's womb.
I give thanks unto You, for I am wonderfully made, and I tremble from head to feet!
Overwhelmingly great are Your works!
And that… my soul knows very well indeed!


I pray, oh Lord my God, God of my one holy Nation,
May it be Your will to negate this aberration
“Shechinàh is not revealed outside the Land of Israel”
Stated by rabbi El’azàr ben Tsadòk, who MUST have known very well
That the Shechinàh is revealed through every Jew
Who, by his behaviour, gives You the honour you are due!

Blessed are You, oh Lord our God, for You made us whole through Your commandments!