Devarim

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Devarim

With devarim the world was created,

And with Devarim the Torah ends,

This time the words are Moshe’s,

And all that this portends.

We finally learn what Moshe thinks,

His words are not commanded,

No “say to them the words I speak”,

He has permission to be candid.

For 36 days he speaks to them,

From the day Shevat begins,

On zayin Adar his words abate,

His hidden kever, placed within.

Were his admonitions newly wrought,

Fresh reflections given air,

Or had he been collecting them,

For 40 years, to share?

His song rings out, a pealing bell,

The people all give ear,

As if they stand again at Sinai,

But now it’s Moshe’s toll they hear.