Monday, November 9, 2009

What are we learning?

...from our week-day morning prayers:

"With abounding love You have loved us, Oh L*rd our G_d, with exceeding compassion You have shown us Your mercy. Oh our Father, our King, for the sake of our fathers who trusted in You and whom You did teach the statues of life, be gracious to us also and teach us. Oh our Father - our merciful Father - have mercy on us and prepare our hearts to understand, to discern, to hearken and to learn to teach and observe, to practice and to fulfill, in love, all the words of instruction contained in Your Law. Enlighten us through Your Torah and cause us to cleave to Your commandments, Your mitzvot, and unite our hearts to love and revere Your name so that we may never suffer humiliation..."

What are we learning?
What shall we learn?
And when shall we learn, understand, discern... and teach?
If not now; when?