<div dir="ltr">Since the reference is from Kaddish, and is in praise of Hashem as beyond human praise, that does not indicate G-d's personal distance, only His transcendence of our verbal expressions of love and reverence. That may create a distance for us, if we only focus on G-d's uniqueness as a form of "otherness." If we instead focus on how aware we are during the Yamim Noraim that we have a more intense awe of G-d than we do of man, or better yet, a more fundamental intimacy, albeit intense, with G-d, we see the uniqueness of our relationship with G-d and not His distance from us. Any relationship with a parent or a teacher or a master is an unequal relationship and that at times requires separation behavior (Think the end of U'Nesane Tokef...Adam Yesodo M'Afar...V'Ata Hu Melech E-L Chai V'Kayam). But that does not prevent the combination of fear and love from being an intimate experience.<br>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ira Tick<br>6519 N Whipple<br>Chicago, IL 60645<br>(414) 699-8285<br><br><a href="mailto:itick1986@gmail.com">itick1986@gmail.com</a><br><a href="mailto:itick@iit.edu">itick@iit.edu</a><br>
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