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Hear, oh Israel


Arielle Derby


Hear, oh Israel
Hear, oh Israel
Hear, oh humans, our family:
Revel in every second, minute, hour
with every extension of your body
give thanks (were our mouths
filled with song as
water fills the sea)
to the Incomprehensible
(and our tongues abounding
with praise like mighty waves)
Live your lifetimes
as thanks for their miracles
let every mitochondrion,
every eyelash and fingernail,
every cell sing with praise and adoration
of the One
(we could not possibly thank You
sufficiently, Blesser and Blessed,
for all the wonders
-this life-
which You have given, unconditionally,
as Your gift of love to us.)
With all of your wholeness
with revelations and exultation,
with awe and wonder every second,
give gratitude, glory and love
to the Eternal
for this
the greatest gift of the seconds, minutes, hours,
days, weeks, months and years
and do not let a single one go by unheeded and
uncelebrated.

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