Dynamic Tensions within the Morning Blessings

Dynamic Tensions Within the Morning Blessings To re-enlivenour Kawana when enactingthe morning blessings,we look to the thresholds of tension inherent in them. These opposites may be expanded,acted out, or otherwisegiven new forms for experience. More Literal Translation: Anomalies and Opposites: Blessings: ... you create the ability to · distinguish light from night. ...who has given the rooster the understanding to tell the difference between day and night ...who has made see the blind . ...you inspire tne visionless . Rooster:;t:understanding Day:;t:Night Sight:;t:Blind ...you free us from our prisons. ... who has released those who are bound . Release:;t:Bound t-iii.iT ...you move us beyond constricting limitations. ... who has straightened the bowed. Straight:;t:Bowed ... who has clothed the naked . Clothed:;t:Naked ... who has made me in the "Image" . Me:;t:theDivine Image ... who has given strength to the weary . ... who has spread out the earth over the waters. Strength:;t:Weary ... who has made me a free person . ... who has prepared the steps of a person. Me:;t:Free A Prepared Way:;t:Steps of a Person ... who has made for me all my needs. Me:;t:Satisfiedof all my needs ... who has girded Yisrael with strength Small nation:;t:Strength ... who has crowned Yisrael with beauty No Anomaly ...you wrap us in safety. .you make my form in your image. .you replace weariness with strength. ...you form firm earth to walk on. ...you birth me in freedom. ...you guide our karmic pa th. ...you provide for the multiplicity of my needs . ...you empower your people with strength . ...you crown your people with beauty. ... who has made me Yisrael ...you encourage me to wrestle with my faith . ... ...who has made sleep to pass from my eyes and .,,you energize my whole awareness. slumber from my eyelids whoenergizes usto wrapourselves in the manystrandsof life. ...to wrapusin thefringes. Earth:;t:Water Made me:;t:Something I also chose Sleep passing:;t:my sleepy eyes. Wrapping :;t:Tzitzit... Tallit, yes, Tzitzit, No.