Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Noach

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Noach Snapshot


Neither golden boy, nor blackish sheep,

Yafet joined with his brother Shem,

To cover Noach, deep in sleep,

His dignity important to them.




Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Bereishis

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Bereishis Snapshot


Those teeming in waters,

You fowl that fly,

Oh, creepers and walkers,

Increase, multiply.




V'Zos HaBracha/Simchas Torah

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V'Zos HaBracha/Simchas Torah Snapshot


When mountain was smoking,

And shofar was blowing,

Moshe kept his composure,

Both coming and going.




Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Shabbos Chol HaMoed Sukkos

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Shabbos Chol HaMoed Sukkos Snapshot


When you ascend to My mountain,

Three times every year,

Your fields I will shelter,

You’ve nothing to fear.




Sukkos

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Sukkos Snapshot


It was made so long ago,

A child’s painted scrawl,

Unnoticed among the glitter,

But I love it most of all.




Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Yom Kippur/Shabbos

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Yom Kippur/Shabbos Snapshot


How can I return,

To the soul that lives within,

How can I do tshuva,

Seeking whom I’ve never been.




Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Haazinu/Shabbos Shuva

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Haazinu/Shabbos Shuva Snapshot


We can sing the song sadly,

Or ring out with joy,

So choose your chords wisely,

And leave out the “Oy”.



Rosh HaShanah

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Rosh HaShanah Snapshot


The rimonim are red,

The apples are ripe,

The honey is sweet,

And a new year’s in sight.



Netzavim-Vayeilech

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Netzavim-Vayeilech Snapshot


If the face of God,

Is by nature hidden,

Just how are we to know,

When it isn’t?



Ki Savo

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Ki Savo Snapshot


I have come to the Kohen,

My basket in hand,

With the first and the finest

That comes from the Land.



Ki Seitze

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Ki Seitze Snapshot


We all live upon a roof,

Like Tevya with his fiddle,

So be sure to build a fence up there,

And stay close to the middle.



Shoftim

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Shoftim Snapshot


Justice isn’t ever blind,

No matter how the saying goes,

Shochad clouds a judge’s eyes,

From whence corruption flows.




Re'eh

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Re’eh Snapshot


I give my tzedaka with gladness,

When anyone passes the hat,

I once gave a coin to an Ozniya,

On behalf of a poor Duchifat.




Eikev

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Eikev Snapshot


Upon her lofty heartland,

I will bring the rain,

Life to her fertile valleys,

Ripe with golden grain.




V'eschanan

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V’eschanan Snapshot


You’ve been shown that you should know,

And seeing is believing,

From shamayim He reaches out to you,

Now put aside your grieving.




Devarim

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Devarim Snapshot


In the eleventh month of the fortieth year,

Just eleven days from Horev,

And all that remained of the previous dor,

Were Yehoshua bin Nun, and Calev.




Mattos-Maaseh

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Mattos-Maaseh Snapshot


The shevatim of Reuven and Gad,

Preferred to stay on in Gilead,

When to Moshe they swore,

They would still go to war,

He reluctantly gave them the nod.




Pinchas

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Pinchas Snapshot


The vocation that Pinchas inherits,

Is not through father, but by merit,

So, too, the daughters of Zelophehad,

Who earn their place, by the word of God. 




Balak

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Balak Snapshot


We didn’t know he came to curse us,

We’re not active in the verses,

Unknown to us was Balak’s call,

To Bilaam, to cause us to fall.




Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Chukas

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Chukas Snapshot


The ashes of a crispy cow,

Which once was colored red,

Will cleanse you of your tumah,

From your contact with the dead.