TIMES OF CONFLICT
RABBI SHUA BITTON
Sep 3, 2014
Times of Conflict
Sirens down, Shofar sounds
From the piercing wail of despair
To the fragile tone of hope
From a month of fleeing evil
To a month of chasing good
From iron dome explosions
To powerful tekiah blasts
From weeks of destroying tunnels
To weeks of building bridges
From days on which death was forced upon us
To days on which we can choose life
From a time that we were being judged by the world
To a time we are being judged by heaven
The shofar sounds, do we know what to do?
To the fragile tone of hope
From a month of fleeing evil
To a month of chasing good
From iron dome explosions
To powerful tekiah blasts
From weeks of destroying tunnels
To weeks of building bridges
From days on which death was forced upon us
To days on which we can choose life
From a time that we were being judged by the world
To a time we are being judged by heaven
The shofar sounds, do we know what to do?
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