From the whirlwind
a voice answers
the ill asked question
and the answer is
no answer
a caution
a rebuke
an evasion
for the question
ill asked
can the answer be other
than no answer
June 2000
From “The Lord Has a Taste for Clowning,” Skirball Cultural Center (2003).
Rabbi Stanley F. Chyet (1931-2002), was professor emeritus of American Jewish history at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) and assistant to the president and secretary to the board of trustees of the Skirball Cultural Center.
