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

The Great Call

150 ∂ yoM kiPPUr ‫גדולה‬ ‫תקיעה‬ ,‫ל‬ ֵ ‫א‬ ָ ‫ר‬ ְ ׂ ‫ש‬ִ‫י‬ ,‫ע‬ ַ ‫מ‬ ְׁ ‫ש‬ :‫ה‬ ָ ‫ֹל‬‫ו‬‫ד‬ ְּ‫ג‬ ‫ה‬ ָ ‫יע‬ ִ ‫ק‬ ְּ ‫ת‬ ,‫ל‬ ֹ ּ ‫כ‬ ַּ ‫ב‬ ‫ת‬ ַ ‫ע‬ ַ ‫ֹפ‬‫ו‬ ׁ ‫ש‬ ‫ה‬ ָּׁ ‫ש‬ ֻ‫ד‬ ְּ ‫ק‬ ַ ‫ה‬ , ָ ‫יה‬ ֶ‫נ‬ ָּ ‫פ‬ ‫ה‬ ָ ‫ב‬ ָ ‫ב‬ ְ ‫ר‬ ‫י‬ ֵ ‫פ‬ ְ ‫ל‬ ַ ‫א‬ . ּ ‫ה‬ ָ ‫ת‬ ָ‫ינ‬ ִ ‫כ‬ ְׁ ‫ש‬ ‫ם‬ ָ ‫ֹל‬‫ו‬‫ע‬ ‫א‬ ֹ ‫ל‬ ְ ‫מ‬ .‫ד‬ ָ ‫ח‬ ֶ ‫א‬ ‫ל‬ ֹ ּ ‫כ‬ ַ ‫ה‬ ‫ד‬ ,‫ו‬ ‫דברים‬ ‫—בעקבות‬ N’ilah: Closing of the Gates ç 151 The Great Call Hear, O Israel, the call of the shofar— The divine abounds everywhere and dwells in everything. Its faces are infinite, its source suffuses all. The many are One. Yom Kippur ends with the recitation of the Sh’ma (Deuteronomy 6:4), Judaism’s declaration of monotheistic faith.The Sh’ma is revisioned here (and in Malkhuyot, pages 42–45) as an affirmation of the unity of creation. It is followed by t’kiah g’dolah, the long final sounding of the shofar. ...