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והיה אם שמע | v’haya im shemo’a: a Prayer in a Time of Planetary Danger by Rabbi Arthur Waskow

Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on 2012-11-09 – 24 Heshvan 5773.
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A midrashic translation/ interpretation of the second paragraph of the Sh’ma. . . .

שמע | Sh’ma: an Interpretation for the 21st Century by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (2003)

Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on 2011-08-12 – 12 Av 5771.
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Sh’sh’sh’ma Yisra’el — Listen, You Godwrestlers! Pause from your wrestling and hush’sh’sh To hear — YHWH/ Yahh Hear in the stillness the still silent voice, The silent breathing that intertwines life; YHWH/ Yahh elohenu Breath of life is our God, What unites all the varied forces creating all worlds into one-ness, Each breath unique, And all unified; YHWH / Yahh echad! Yahh is One. Listen, You Godwrestlers! No one people alone owns this Unify-force; YHWH / Yahh is One. . . .

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והיה אם שמע | v’haya im shemo’a: a Prayer in a Time of Planetary Danger by Rabbi Arthur Waskow

שמע | Sh’ma: an Interpretation for the 21st Century by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (2003)