If you're looking for truth
If you want to know what G-d wants of you,
Then how can you explore
Without letting every sound
Of each letter
Nest like honey on your tongue?
How can you ignore the aftertaste?
Why do you place chains on your intelligence?
As if learning were a play with acts and scenes,
As if your mind were ready to receive only rectangular shapes,
As if we were keeping you from the real show
With our tangents and opinions.
You are not a skull to stuff.
And we are not garbage men.
Together we are G-d's dance.
Learning is opening doors,
So stop hiding in there.
Rav Ariel Burger
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Rav Ariel Burger received his ordination from Yeshivat Bat Ayin in 2003. He is currently completing his doctoral work at Boston University, where he studies under Professor Elie Weisel. Ariel lives in Sharon, Massachusetts with his wife and four children. |