Welcome to Ya’ala
Ya’ala is the name for our Zoom Room meditations based on Shir Hashirim. We will post schedules, topics (including requests!), discussions and our room recordings here.
YA’ALA (My Doe)
Our “theme song.” Based on Shir Hashirim.
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcDTBRGwerw
My doe, my doe, come to my garden
The pomegranates are in bloom and my vines have flowered
Come, my beloved, hasten your steps
Eat of the choicest fruits
If my lover’s wanderings have been extended
How shall I sit alone in my position
My doe, my doe, come to my garden
The pomegranates are in bloom and my vines have flowered
Return to me, you are the loved one
Return to me, and I shall return to you
Behold, I have with me a written word
That you shall be my dwelling place
The key to the song is found in the final two lines (in bold) which mention this promise of return being in writing:
The Torah identifies with Shir Hashirim. For the Torah is the pledge for the love around which the Song revolves. If the pledge is violated, the Torah itself stands before God’s Throne as an accuser.
‘Megillas Shir Ha-Shirim,’ Rav. Dr. Raphael Breuer
