The Days Between: Blessings, Poems, and Directions of the Heart for the Jewish High Holiday Season

Kaddish: Beauty of the World

202 ∂ entering the gAtes ‫תבל‬ ‫יפעת‬ :‫קדיש‬ ,‫ל‬ ֵ ‫ב‬ ֵּ ‫ת‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ּ‫ו‬‫ל‬ ְּ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ה‬ . ּ ‫ה‬ ָ ‫ֹא‬‫ו‬‫ל‬ ְ ‫מ‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ּ‫ו‬‫ל‬ ְּ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ה‬ , ָ ‫יה‬ ֶ ‫ּפ‬‫ו‬ ּ ‫ס‬ ִּ ‫כ‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ּ‫ו‬‫ל‬ ְּ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ה‬ . ּ ‫ה‬ ָ‫ֹנ‬‫ו‬‫יג‬ ִ‫ו‬ ּ ‫ה‬ָ‫י‬ ְ ‫ׇפ‬‫י‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫א‬ , ׁ ‫ש‬ ֵ ‫א‬ ָ‫ו‬ ‫ן‬ ֶ ‫ב‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ּ‫ו‬‫ל‬ ְּ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ְ ‫ך‬ ָ ‫יל‬ ִ ‫ל‬ ְ‫ו‬ ‫ר‬ ָ ‫ה‬ ָ‫נ‬ ‫ה‬ ָ ‫ד‬ ֵ ‫ֹד‬‫ו‬ ּ ‫ב‬ ‫ֹר‬‫ו‬ ּ ‫פ‬ ִ ‫צ‬ ְ‫ו‬ .‫ֹן‬‫ו‬ ּ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ח‬ ַּ ‫ב‬ ‫ע‬ ַ ‫ג‬ ֶ ‫ר‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ּ‫ו‬‫ל‬ ְּ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ם‬ ֵ ‫ל‬ ָּׁ ‫ש‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ת‬ ַ ‫יצ‬ ִ ‫ר‬ ְּ ‫פ‬ ‫ת‬ ַ ‫יצ‬ ִ ‫ר‬ ְּ ‫פ‬ ‫ע‬ ַ ‫ג‬ ֶ ‫ר‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ְ‫ו‬ .‫ה‬ ָּ‫נ‬ ִ ‫ר‬ ְּ ‫ב‬ ‫ם‬ ֵ ‫ל‬ ָּׁ ‫ש‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ם‬ ֶ ‫כ‬ ְ ‫ֹד‬‫ו‬‫א‬ ְ ‫מ‬ ‫ׇל‬‫כ‬ ְּ ‫ב‬ ּ‫ו‬‫ל‬ ְּ‫ל‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ּ‫ו‬‫א‬ ְ ‫ּר‬‫ו‬ — ְ ‫ך‬ ֵ ‫ֹע‬‫ו‬ ּ‫ד‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫י‬ ִ ‫פ‬ ֹ ּ‫י‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ת‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ‫ל‬ ֵ ‫ב‬ ֵּ ‫ת‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ת‬ ַ ‫ע‬ ְ ‫פ‬ִ‫י‬ ‫י‬ ִּ ‫כ‬ .‫ם‬ ֶ ‫כ‬ ָ ‫ל‬ ‫יא‬ ִ ‫ה‬ Service for the High Holidays ç 203 Kaddish: Beauty of the World Praise the world— praise its fullness and its longing, its beauty and its grief. Praise stone and fire, lilac and river, and the solitary bird at the window. Praise the moment when the whole bursts through pain and the moment when the whole bursts forth in joy. Praise the dying beauty with all your breath, and praising, see the beauty of the world is your own. ...