The Most Eloquent Praise
When All Language Creates Omission, Silence Matters.
Rashi, an eleventh-century Rabbi and Biblical scholar, responded to one of my favorite verses in the entire Bible — Psalm 65:2, which in Hebrew literally reads, “To you, silence is praise, O God in Zion, and unto You shall the vow be fulfilled” — with this fascinating insight:
The praises of infinite God can never be exhausted. Silence is His most eloque…
