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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