"Does G-d exist?" You cry -
And if He does,
why, why why?
Do you question His existence
With such persistence
Because you see and feel evil
and suffering,
and sigh?
Why can we not see Him, feel Him near?
Why does Hashem plague us with many a tear?
Why does He let evil into the world?
Why have we been hurled
Amongst all the nations?
Why does He not fulfil our expectations?
Why does Hashem
make so many commandments for us to heed?
Why does Hashem
not grant us
what we think
we need?
Can we see
wisdom,
intelligence,
tranquility or fear?
Do we allow our hearts
to acknowledge
that Hashem
is always near?
Do we honour Him,
or do we rebel and jeer or sneer?
Do we give Him joy in the way we behave?
Do we stop to think about what we crave?
If there were no evil
and only good,
Would we have a choice
in doing what we should?
Do we, often enough,
open the Torah
Hashem gave us,
to see that
What He promised us,
would be
exactly
in accordance with
Our doing
as He says,
or instead rebel?
Why do you think
Hashem made
both Heaven and Hell?
What do we expect?
That Hashem should obey
what we demand,
When we pay no attention
to His command?
If we had no obligations,
should there be
no merit too?
Do we know better than Hashem
what we should have or do?
Do we have gratitude
for the wonders of Hashem's creation?
For life, for beauty, attributes, inspiration?
That there is air to breathe, water and vegetation?
When instead of doing better
we keep doing worse,
Should there be blessing or curse?
Examples of results for all kinds of mistakes
Abound in His teachings,
and all it takes
To find answers to all our queries
Is to learn deeply, sincerely,
from the series
Of examples in our past,
Presented in all of the Torah,
from first to last.
How exalted we were,
when we kept our vow,
To do and to hear!
Is it still a wonder that now,
Resisting to keep this vow,
Fall, tear, after tear, after tear?
All Hashem asks of us,
in His Torah,
is to follow His ways,
and so gain merit
for life
with length of days
And if we,
Hashem's chosen nation,
thank Him enough;
If we give Hashem due praise,
We will find our way
out of the maze
Of sorrows,
and instead be blessed
In this life,
and for life everlasting,
after we come to rest.
8/1/2016
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