A Sabbath Poem (Baal Shem Tov)
ONCE A PERSON KNOWS
~ by Baal Shem TovIt is therefore written: “Hide, I will hide my face.”
That is, God will be hidden
so that they do not even know God is there.
But once a person knows God is hidden,
God is not really hidden.
~ by Baal Shem TovIt is therefore written: “Hide, I will hide my face.”
That is, God will be hidden
so that they do not even know God is there.
But once a person knows God is hidden,
God is not really hidden.
(from The Path of Blessing, by Rabbi Marcia Prager, Jewish Lights, 2003)
