Vayeira

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Vayeira

(l'ilui nishmas Avrum Weiss, zt"l)

Like Avraham, outside his tent,

He saw people standing over him,

Arising from his pain he sent,

His smiling face to welcome them.

Avraham served them as he’d offered,

Milk and lamb and wafers thin,

But this one, from within his coffers,

Serves words which nourish, from within.

Avraham helped them on their way,

As the Torah says a host should do,

But this one, he can but stay,

His love and laughter follow you.

Avraham’s angels came and went,

Each one charged with just one task,

What this one’s angels represent,

Is a question I am loath to ask.

Lech Lecha, Lech Lecha, Avraham, 

Lech Lecha, Avrum, my friend,

This world is filled with your ahavah,

Now bring joy to the heavens… amen.