Devarim

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 Devarim

Moshe speaks to Am Yisroel,

His words chosen by HaShem,

And one lesson in particular,

He commands Moshe to give to them.

“The last time that you came this far,

To come possess The Land,

You got frightened off by ‘Giants’,

You turned around and ran.”

“But I let Ammon drive out ‘Giants’,

Because that’s what I chose to do,

So learn this lesson carefully…

I would have done the same for you.”

“So listen to all that Moshe says,

And move forward with Yehoshua,

Because, this Land is your Land,

It’s the ikar of your Ye-shua.”

Mattos-Maaseh

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Mattos-Maaseh

The Tribes are split between The Land,

 And that of Ever HaYarden,

And those who are worthy to connect the two,

Are the children of Menashe.

How is it that this particular tribe,

Was chosen to hold us together?

Perhaps in the zchus of Mahlah, Noa,

Haglah, Milcah, and Tirtze.

The very ones who so loved the Land

And would not have their father slighted,

Are the very ones to be counted upon,

To keep our people united.

Pinchas

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Pinchas

Tzlafchad’s daughters have the courage to speak,

To Moshe about portions of Land,

To honor their father,

They find it no bother,

To restrict to whom they give their hand.

And Moshe hands down to the Children he’s led,

HaShem’s commandments regarding Kor-bons,

Is this somehow related,

In a way understated,

To Pinchas, taking the Bull by the horns?

Balak

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Balak

Even a donkey is allowed to speak,

If HaShem provides the verses.

Brachos can flow from Bilaam’s mouth,

Despite his efforts to curse us.

Chukas

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Chukas

I

The mitzvah of Para Adumah is given

Before the details of Tumas HaMes,

Just before Aharon and Miriam die,

At Har HaHor and Kadesh.

II

A well had appeared in Miriam’s zchus,

But she erred in the matter of speech,

Then Moshe, for water, strikes a rock,

To which he was commanded to speak?

III

Nachoshes is used for kapara again,

This time in the form of a snake,

The kesher between Nachoshes and Nachash

Is begging, here, for us to make.

Nachoshes is copper, and Nachash is snake,

And the word “Nichush” means a “guess”,

So perhaps second guessing, by a people or leader,

Results, without doubt, in a mess?

Korach

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Korach

Pull the fire-pans of Korach,

Out of the flames they tried to offer,

And make from them the covering,

Of the Mizbeach made of copper.

Those pans now have the kedushah,

Even though they’ve been misused,

For the offering of korbanos,

To bring kapara for the Jews.

Shelach Lecha

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Shelach Lecha

The Bnei Yisrael were taken out

Of bondage in the land of Mitzrayim,

And they saw all the wonders and miracles performed,

Including the splitting of the Mayim.

But memory is a funny thing,

And we don’t always remember,

The miracles we saw in January

By the time we get to December.

We surely need something real to see,

Since memory won’t always bear witness,

So the Ribbono shel Olam, in His great compassion,

Gives us the mitzvah of Tzitzis.

And I can’t help but wonder what might have been

If we had approached our Land,

Wearing our Tzitzis of blue and white,

Knowing God had it all in hand?