{"product_id":"f-9002","title":"Thoughts Unknown","description":"\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cbig\u003e\u003cb\u003eספר אך שמח\u003cbr\u003eJewish Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/big\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Since Judaism always deals with one's soul and\u003cbr\u003ethe workings of one's inner spirit - God after all\u003cbr\u003e'wants our hearts' - it goes without saying that\u003cbr\u003epoetry has and deserves a place of high honor\u003cbr\u003ewithin Jewish life. Poetry reflects our inner\u003cbr\u003elongings and hopes and helps deflect our fears\u003cbr\u003eand trepidations. Perhaps this is why the Torah\u003cbr\u003echose to describe itself in terms of being a poem -\u003cbr\u003ea poem of eternity and Godliness. A famous\u003cbr\u003eEnglish poet once wrote: 'Poems are made by fools\u003cbr\u003elike you and me. But only God can make a tree. He\u003cbr\u003ewas wrong. God also makes poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis current book of poetry that you are holding in\u003cbr\u003eyour hand is a continuation of the long tradition\u003cbr\u003eof poetry in the Jewish world. Even though today\u003cbr\u003epoetry is not really in vogue any longer, it is\u003cbr\u003enecessarily a vital component of Jewish life and\u003cbr\u003eof Jewish thought. Please read this volume and\u003cbr\u003eits beautiful poems. Think about them. Treasure\u003cbr\u003ethem and remember them. Your heart will be\u003cbr\u003elighter and your brain will be more adept.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Foreword\u003cbr\u003eby Rabbi Berel Wein ע\"ה\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rabbi Simcha D. Hopkovitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67909940904135,"sku":"F-9002","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3625\/8657\/files\/F-9002.jpg?v=1791939602","url":"https:\/\/judaicaplaza.com\/products\/f-9002","provider":"Judaica Plaza","version":"1.0","type":"link"}