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  • O My Lord, Your Dwelling Places Are Lovely
    O My Lord, Your dwelling places are lovely
    Your Presence is manifest, not in mystery.
    My dream brought me to the Temple of God
    And I praised its delightful servants, ...
  • Cups Without Wine
    Cups without wine are low things
    Like a pot thrown to the ground,
    But brimming with the juice, they shine
    Like body and soul. ...
  • On The Sea
    I.
    My God, break not the breakers of the sea,
    Nor command to the deep, 'Become dry'.
    Until I thank Your mercies, and I thank ...
  • Who Is Like Thee
    Who is like Thee, revealing the deeps,
    Fearful in praises, doing wonders?

    The Creator who discovereth all from nothing, ...
  • Marriage Song
    Fair is my dove, my loved one,
    None can with her compare:
    Yea, comely as Jerusalem,
    Like unto Tirzah fair. ...
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God 12 Heart 10 Love 10 I Love You 10 Light 10 Sweet 6 Place 6 World 6 Breath 5 Sun 5


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Richards1052: i used to admire yehudah halevi's famous line: "my heart is in the east, but i am in farthest of far west." now i am in the far west, but instead of my heart being in the east, i am heartsick about it.
Opensiddur: for those davvening the amidah on tu bishvat, here's a special piyyut composed in the 11th century by the poet yehudah ben hillel halevi for just such an occasion. each alef-bet acrostic stanza is integrated into the structure of the amidah's blessings:
Spindokai: the full expression “next year in jerusalem!” appears in a poem by 12th-century poet yehudah halevi that he wrote for the conclusion of the yom kippur service, asking god to end israel’s suffering.
Bmmworldwide: it’s almost as if the tedious, anti-western religion parochialism to which aspiring journalists are subjected in university is designed to hobble those who might one day report on (gasp) jews. do they even teach emily dickinson or yehudah halevi anymore?
Lisaervin128: 2/2 “i sought your nearness. with all my heart i called you. and in my going out to meet you, i found you coming toward me, as in the wonders of your might and holy works i saw you." –yehudah halevi, from "where will i find you", trans. peter cole
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Isaac Watts Poem
Psalm 119 Part 10
 by Isaac Watts

Pleading the promises.

ver. 38,49

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
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