Overcoming Sleep

| Shavuot By :  Jeremy Tabick 91ถถา๕ Alum (PhD in Rabbinic Literature, Kekst Graduate School), Content Manager, Hadar Posted On May 3, 2018 / 5778 | Sound Bytes | Holidays

Featuring Jeremy Tabick with Leora Perkins (RS โ€™19)

“[F]or I, your God, am a jealous God.” (Exod. 20:5)
[God says:] I rule over jealousy; jealousy does not rule over me.
[This is in the same sense that] I rule over sleep; sleep does not rule over me, as it is said, “Behold, the Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.” (Psalms 121:4)

(from Mekhilta Derabbi Yishma’el, 20:5)

“ื›ื™ ืื ื›ื™ ื”’ ืืœื”ื™ืš ืืœ ืงื ื”.

ืื ื™ ืฉืœื™ื˜ ื‘ืงื ืื”, ื•ืื™ืŸ ืงื ืื” ืฉื•ืœื˜ืช ื‘ื™,

ืื ื™ ืฉืœื™ื˜ ื‘ื ื•ืžื” ื•ืื™ืŸ ื ื•ืžื” ืฉื•ืœื˜ืช ื‘ื™,

ืฉื ืืžืจ (ืชื”ืœื™ื ืงื›ื:ื“) “ื”ื ื” ืœื ื™ื ื•ื ื•ืœื ื™ื™ืฉืŸ ืฉื•ืžืจ ื™ืฉืจืืœ”.

Image of Psalm 121 taken from the British Library’s “Duke of Sussex” Bible (Spain, 14th century)