Bo

 בס״ד

Bo

Of all the unclean beasts and birds.

Just the donkey needs redemption,

A mother jenny’s firstborn foal,

Is the Torah’s sole exception.

Because Avraham and Moshe,

With their firstborns by their side,

Chose the plodding donkey,

To take “der kinder” for a ride?

Avraham leapt upon his donkey,

On his way to the akeida,

Moshe dashed for Egypt on one, 

Delaying Gershom’s bris till later.

But Bilaam’s donkey had the vision,

That his master could not reach,

And was gifted ‘ere Creation,

With the aptitude for speech.

And since the donkey is medaber,

Although just that once it spoke,

Like our firstborn it needs pidyon,

Or else its neck is broke?