Rochel Imeinu - Yemima Mizrachi The Forgotton Art of Crying
Yemima Mizrachi - You Forgot the Art of Crying
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a cloud
above the house
the candles of shabbat
and the challah
the cloud
speaks of the purity of the man and the woman
women
you are so strong
you are the sun
sometimes you have to put a cloud in front of you
not being so strong
not being so shiny
a cloud
is rain
rain is tears
YOU FORGOT THE ART OF CRYING
How do we raise up children,
the way we raise up plants…
light and water
we forgot to be crying HELPLESS MOTHERS
we got so much questions about education
the assumption was you were supposed to know all the answers
to be a better mother
they tell you be assertive!
What would be so wrong if you
cry
i saw thousands of people
coming to mother
crying by Mama Rachel
Do they run on the yahrzeit of Sarah and Leah? No
How can she help you
Rachel cries WITH you
she cried
we forgot this ART
we dont cry
we are strong women
when you cry… your children
develop such powers
once children had power
now they are so weak and dependent and tired
WHY?
Because you took everything upon you
you are a shining sun
put a cloud in front of you
sometimes
usually you have to be the sun
but once a month
the moon makes itself very small
let them see you cry
An Ema:
I cry for my son
when she cries and says I dont know what to do with you
I cry for you my son
and they develop such powers
when she cries and says
ani lo yodaat ma laasot
he develops his own koach
he will comfort you
he will see to it that you will not cry
sometimes
put a cloud before you and say
I dont know
I pray for you
I don’t know what to do
I depend on my husband
I really need you.
The biggest mitzvah ever
Purity
A cloud is water
of the mikvah
the water that
goes down from you eyes
Rachel imeinu doesn’t stop crying
until He answers our tefillot.
Rachel Imeinu Meditation
Based on Tomer Devorah - R. Weiman
🌙Rachel Imeinu Meditation
Based on Tomer Devorah
I am the moon
Not all powerful
Not All knowing
Not the sun
I diminish
and Rise!
Like my neshima
Hashem breaths me
tamid
Expanding
An expansive inhale
and contracting
A cleansing exhale.
Slowing down
Honoring the moment
Malchus is my essence
My inward lunar smile
glowing
Her presence
in the darkness
Glows essentialism
My being
is a Merkava
for the Shechina HaGola
I exile myself
in Daas
to acquire
the midda of malchus
anivus
earthliness
I have everything I need
I have all my kelim
But the Shechina is in Galus
And her keilim aren’t with Her
So I humble my heart in exile
Yachnia lVavo bGola
And bind myself to Torah
VyitKasher bTorah
And choose to recognize
the fluttering Shechina
dwelling within
Banishing my self
from the comforts of my bayit
Mi’bait menuchati
In the way of
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
I trudge by foot
Step by step
As my hope is on Hashem
Breaking my ego
from place to place
Ki Yachid v’oni ani (tehillim 25)
For I am alone
Ki Yachid
And I am poor
V’Oni Ani
Hashkata
Quieting my mind
like our mother Rachel
Returning to the
lost Art
of crying
Sensing the water
painting my cheeks;
downward brushstrokes
sparkling, salty, primordial
waters of malchus
In dveikus
I actively choose and believe
to draw down bracha;
bearing witness to the wetness and the warm downward movement
of my humbled heart
Tingling my cheeks
Chochma and Bina
Flow into Daas
Finding that assured
thin quiet voice
it the right time
with Ima Rachel
Connecting with her neshama
in patience
Not allowing the
chitzonim of fear
To enter my sacred space
Not fearing any
sheluchim ketanim
Like covid
Distract my complete kavana
fearing only
the honored and
awesome Hashem
L’Ira et Hashem
haNICHBAD (covid)
v’haNora
-RW