Mareh Makom

Snow

• Snow: Nature's shrouds and the white illusion of creation
  Does snow reveal the world's beauty, or merely disguise its horror?
  These are the shrouds of creation, but this shroud is hypocritical, for it will ultimately melt, and the mud returns to being mud.
• Snow: the geometric handwriting of melting nature
  Why does every snowflake carry within it the secret of an infinity about to vanish?
  It is like a letter sent from heaven, the handwriting of nature herself, written in the language of geometry and telling us of the creative force that dwells in all things.
• Snow: A white silence that swallows time and hushes the world
  Is the quiet of the snow a healing meditation or a threatening freeze?
  The snow was falling, so gentle, so quiet, as if it feared to wake the world from its dreams.
• Snow: between heavenly fire and earthly grace—a journey into searing purity
  Why did King David ask to bring the snow down from heaven to earth?
  Rav Judah said in the name of Rav: David pleaded for mercy concerning them, and brought them down to earth.
• Snow: From the rigidity of form to the flow of life
  Is dissolving a loss or a liberation?
  There is no tragedy in dissolving, but only liberation from the rigidity of form.