various poets

“ Long-treasured race-traditions, still to live,
And, living, pass through ages yet unborn.
So, with his glowing words of metaphor,
Grows green the old faith's beauty; and his prayers
Rise up as incense from the shrine.—He stands
Before the Ark, and in his hands he holds
A thousand prayers, to rise as one, and bear
A people's anguish to the throne of God. ”

“ What but one treasure, sacred in his sight,
Lay there concealed?
As one of Heaven bid who dare not wait,
With step grown firm as with the strength of youth,
He hastened to his comrade to relate
The wondrous truth. ”

“ Shall break its bond,
And, wrapt in thee, look forth upon the whole
Of Heaven beyond.
Sing on, sweet minstrel, thine immortal song—
My harp for aye,
Vision of hope to men that live and long
And pass away. ”

“ Rabbi Judah (ben Lakish) saith: "The Ark is hidden in its place, as it is said; 'That the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.'"
And where it is written "unto this day," it is always understood to mean forever. ”

“ O LORD, where shall I find Thee?
All-hidden and exalted is Thy place;
And where shall I not find Thee?
Full of Thy glory is the infinite space.
Found near-abiding ever,
He made the earth's ends, set their utmost bar ”

“ By Jehudah Halevi
MY Love! hast Thou forgotten
⁠Thy rest
⁠Upon my breast?
⁠And wherefore hast Thou sold me
⁠To be enslaved for aye?
Have I not followed Thee upon the way
Of olden time within a land not sown? ”

“ She spake: "It cannot be. For the Holy One, blessed be He, hath promised me that He will not give me over into his hand."
"Nay, but thou sayest thou hast seen the people weeping, and thou didst weep with them." ”

“ The Shechinah withdrew by ten stages—from the Mercy Seat to one Cherub, from one Cherub to the other, from the Cherub to the Threshold, from the Threshold to the Court, from the Court to the Altar, from the Altar to the Roof, from the Roof to the Wall, from the Wall to the City, from the City to the Mount, and from the Mount to the Wilderness. From the Wilderness it ascended and abode in its place, as it is said, "I will go and return unto My place."—Rosh ha-Shanah 31a. ”