Parsha Poetry

The Tower Reversed

Our Sages Taught: The higher the tower, the fewer the bricks. The fewer the bricks, the higher the value. So high, in fact, they were prized  over human life itself. We (sometimes) build to our own            detriment We (sometimes) progress at our own           expense We

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Noah 5785 (II)

  Make ma an ark O God Only please don’t make it from  acacia I don’t want it to catch when the world starts to burn   Make me an ark O God Only please don’t make it from glass I don’t want it to break when stones get thrown   Make me an ark 

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Noah 5785 (I)

Make me an ark I’m ready to get away for awhile It’s too easy to forget that Noah’s journey wasn’t a           pleasure cruise The world was drowning while he floated above   And here I am dying to get away from all this Dying   Make me a shelter to

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We Learn (Torah)

We learn what it means to be the people of Israel: that at any moment as we wander we carry with us two aronot – two sacred burdens. The aron-meitim: The coffin, filled with Joseph’s bones and The aron-kodesh: The Holy Ark, which holds the Commandments; God’s words inscribed in stone. In one hand, our

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