בס״ד
Shemini Atzeres/Simchas Torah/V'Zos HaBracha
No particular mitzvah for Shemini Atzeres,
But that is, perhaps, the greatest challenge,
No sukkah, no lulav, no wavings,
Just one last, shimmering drop of golden honey.
Shlomo HaMelech asked only for wisdom,
But is wisdom enough to bring simcha?
Is it prerequisite to see both the light and dark,
To find joy in the many shades of Torah?
We wed ourselves once again to the Shechina,
Two chasanim, each for a different beginning,
Seven circles we dance with her,
Our Kallah, our source of life and bina.
We started by declaring Melech,
We conclude by wedding Malka,
Somewhere in between, if the balance is right,
Joy becomes indistinguishable from wisdom.
V’zos HaBracha.
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