Silence is
'Silence is' by Matt Grant
What is this silence in which we sit?
Yes, a solemnly maintained sacrament,
Yes, a strange keeping of the sabbath,
But also, much more,
Silence is the builder of HaMakom,
a sacred temple in which we commune,
Silence is a sanctuary for Shekinah,
known to others as Huwa or Shen or Om,
a thin place in which human awakens to divine,
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