Longings


Benny, our seminarian, sent us this song written by Asaf Newe Shalom, based on the words of Rabbi Hillel Zeitlin.

longings

Listen to the song here

Words:

I thank you, My G-d, for being my Day without night,
my never-setting Sun.
Pour Your Light down upon me.
Abide within me and let me abide with You.

Refrain: Expand my soul; extend its boundaries
and with a new sincerity I will sing to You.
Allow my heart to be that place that leads to You.
Allow my heart to be the entrance-way to Your Sanctuary!

Still I'm groping in darkness and yet,
Your so-pleasant Voice has already begun to permeate,
Beckoning me home.

Refrain

Infinite Light! I bare open all the fissures of my soul to You
Encompass them! Engulf them! Permeate them.
and I'll overflow with joy
even in my affliction,
Pulsate with life
even in my death.

Refrain: Expand my soul; extend its boundaries
and with a new sincerity I will sing to You.
Allow my heart to be that place that leads to You.
Allow my heart to be the entrance-way to Your Sanctuary

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