Seeing Sound Each of the twelve months of the Jewish year is associated with one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The month of Av is associated with the tribe of Shimon. The shema is the basic credo of the Jew, his first declaration of G-d's Unity, and the last words to leave his mouth when he passes from this world. There was a dislocation of the natural perception of the senses. Sight and sound are very different.
Sight operates instantaneously.
We see through medium of light and light is the fastest thing in the universe. It travels at 186,000 miles per second. Sound is relatively slow, moving at about 800 miles an hour. The difference between the speeds of light and sound symbolizes a fundamental difference between the two. Sight perceives a complete whole instantaneously.