
R. Elie Kaunfer: Who By Fire? The Most Controversial Prayer in Jewish Life
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We're Nothing, and You're Everlasting, Right?
The word Obeir is just complicated, and that I think is part of what's being played with in this poem. What is a sail Obeir coming from? Let's take a look at it in Psalms. Adam la eva adamah, a person is compared to Hevel. Domelah, heaven. Person is compared to nothingness. Yamaav could sail ObeIR. His days are like he passing shadows. Now, let's follow the Psalmist in this source text here. I just said that my days are are nothing and people are like vapor. But you are king, the everlasting god. And all these synonyms for we're nothing.
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