Tazria-Metzora

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Tazria-Metzora Snapshot

Our calling in life is to separate,

To distinguish the right from the wrong,

Like the Kohen inspects the metzora,

Until he can sing a pure song.

Shemini

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Shemini Snapshot

Beasts and birds and bugs and fish,

Of which to make a tasty dish,

Some by name, and some by signs,

What lessons rest between the lines?

Shevi'i shel Pesach

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Shevi’i shel Pesach Snapshot

With a percussive slap,

Miriam’s tambourine rings out,

As, with its first breath,

The newborn nation sings.

Tzav

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Tzav Snapshot

On the mizbeach there is fire,

Korbanos, coals, and burning brands,

Placed upon this holy pyre,

By a kohen’s able hands.

Vayikra

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Vayikra Snapshot

We offer them up with frankincense,

Fragrant levona, from the olibanum tree,

The perfume of our penitence,

Like fresh air from the sea.