THE SONG OF WATER
Water sings of the ingenuity of Hashem’s perpetual system of precipitation.
[Song 7] Water (Ch. 1)
מַיִם אוֹמְרִים. לְקֹול תִּתֹּו הֲמֹון מַיִם בַּשָּׁמַיִם וַיַּעַל נְשִׂאִים מִקְצֵה אָרֶץ בְּרָקִים לַמָּטָר עָשָׂה וַיֹּצֵא רוּחַ מֵאֹצְרֹתָיו: (ירמיה נא טז)
The Waters are saying: “When his voice resounds with a great mass of water in the heavens, and he raises vapors from the ends of the Earth; when he makes lightning amongst the rain, and he brings out the wind from its storehouses.”
Commentary
Water is absolutely essential for all living organisms. Drinkable water comes
mostly from rainfall. If not for the kindness of the complex water cycle, water
and the life it supports would soon disappear. Therefore, each water drop sings
of Hashem’s repetitive formation of rain-clouds to provide for His creations.
Hashem brings up water from the ends of the earth to the high heavens in order
to provide for the needy. We should be willing to make the much smaller efforts
necessary to help out others.
Inspirational commentary By Shmuel Ben-Tzion Kraines author of
The Song of Existence.
LIVING WITH THE SONG