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</style> </div><div class="Section1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">The name of this week's parashah, and the fourth book of the torah, is <i>Be'midbar</i> meaning "in the wilderness." It can be found in the book of <i>Be’midbar</i> /Numbers 1:1 - 4:20). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">A rabbinic commentary points out that if we change one vowel in the name of the <i>parasha</i>, the word במדבר <i>be’midbar</i>, in the wilderness, becomes <i>be'midabeיr</i>, or with one who is speaking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">I found this ironic, since the wilderness is usually associated with silence and solitude. However, we can imagine that the wilderness of Sinai and its surroundings must have been anything but silent, with the multitudes of Israelites and others wandering through it for 40 years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">However, we all know that even in the midst of a cacophony one can experience silence, just as one can experience deafening noise while walking in solitude. What determines the silence or the solitude is not one’s physical surroundings, but one’s inner state.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">This poem uses the two different readings of the letters מדבר mentioned above to explore these various images.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black;">The Wilderness of Silence and Speech<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span><br />
<div class="Section2"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">wilderness<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">is silent <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">still <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">serene <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">filled only <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">with <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">sounds of nature <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> wind rustling <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> brush blowing <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">sand animal footfalls <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">howls in the night <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">whispering the truth <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">a whole civilization lives <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">within this wild place <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">humans go there<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> to be at peace <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> alone <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> so we think <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">this is<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">fantasy <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ideal not real <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">our wilderness <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">is filled with people<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">is wild with sound <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with speech <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with dissent <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with screams <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">with tears <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with laughter <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with joyous shouts <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with words of love <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with speech <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> never silent<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">40 years <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">give or take <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: large;">give and take <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: large;">we take what we are given <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> give back what has been taken <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">a life in the wilderness <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">alive with the sounds <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: large;">the speech<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the words <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">creating and destroying <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> people life worlds <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> filling the silence <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> a wild place of words <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> cries of revolt<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> it swallows up rebels <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> critical words <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">turn a sister’s skin to white <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> a chorus of complaint <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">fills us to bursting <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: large;">words of mistrust <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: large;">set us wandering <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> still <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">words soothe praise comfort <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the death of sons <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> of a sister and brother <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> of so many <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">words decree the death of a dream<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">the death of a leader<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">the birth of a new people<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wish words would cease <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> filling the wilderness <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> filling my mind <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> emptying me of the ability <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">to be still <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">silent <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">alone <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">at one <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">with you <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">a wilderness <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: large;">without speech <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: large;">without words <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: large;">damnation <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> praise <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> love <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> hate <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> comfort <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">distress <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">it does not matter <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I do not want <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I do not need <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">any words <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I need a sanctuary <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> not a wild place <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">but a place<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">where I can hear <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> only you <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> only me <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> in the stillness the silent sounds<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the whispers of the spirit <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> hovering around us all <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">this is <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">what I long for <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">what we all need <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Unfortunately<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> most do not know <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> for they cannot hear <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the whisper of your voice<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">they can only hear <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">their own words <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">constant cacophony <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">striving for everything <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">sound and fury achieving nothing <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">only in subtle stillness can we find <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">everything <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">only in nothingness <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">can we find the truth <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">you <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">ourselves<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">one and the same<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">now <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">this moment <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wish <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">we would all <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">stop talking <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">exile words from our lips <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">allow us to return <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">home <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">to the silent land <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">the true wilderness <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">of the soul <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">where it all began <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">where it all continues <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">where we are <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">here <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">now <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">present<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">in the moment<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">with you<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><br clear="ALL" style="page-break-before: always;" /> </span></span>
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Posted By Rabbi Steven Nathan to <a href="http://mindfultorah.blogspot.com/2010/05/poetic-commentary-on-parshat-bemidbar.html">Mindful Torah</a> at 5/14/2010 03:15:00 PM