Revealing Torah, Revealing Me: A Prayer for Shavuot

Revealing Torah, Revealing Me: A Prayer for Shavuot

This thought provoking and poetic prayer by Devon Spier explores the emotions of the moment before the revelation at Mount Sinai, and asks God to bless one with a personal revelation of the self. Devon Spier, a writer, rabbinical student and spiritual entrepreneur, shared her poem on Ritualwell, a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for creating new Jewish practices and observances. 

Revealing Torah, Revealing Me: A Prayer for Shavuot

Before there was Torah

There was thunder.
Lightning.
The sound of a horn beating.
A mountain and smoke billowing.
People trembling.

The Word arose from sight and sound.
To receive Torah was a moment.
But what of the moment prior?

In which our senses and primal feelings
Called out to G-d above.
Wanting to stay at a distance
But remaining firmly in place.
As if to say:
« I’m scared. »
« I’m ready. »
Reveal Torah.
And, with your blessing,
Reveal me.