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Parshat Ki Tavo: Coming Into Our Own
Parshat Ki Tavo: Coming Into Our Own
Of comings and goings.   It is come – The purpose is come, the time is come, We have come:   Coming is the difference between life and death:   A...
Sep 18, 2008
By Mendel Jacobson
Parshat Ki Teitzei: Going out of my Mind
Parshat Ki Teitzei: Going out of my Mind
Of goings and comings.   Sometimes, In order to come, one must first go; In order to arrive, one must first leave –   In order to arrive at a new...
Sep 10, 2008
By Mendel Jacobson
Parshat Shoftim: Judges of the Supreme Court
Parshat Shoftim: Judges of the Supreme Court
Welcome to the big city, A melting pot of ideas, expressions – Thought, speech, action.   Sometimes it never sleeps; Other times it never stops sleeping.   Streets laden with a...
Sep 4, 2008
By Mendel Jacobson
Parshat Re’eh: See Through
Parshat Re’eh: See Through
Eyes why’d hopin’…   Hopin’ for anything, for something: A purpose to be, a reason to believe.   They look but don’t see; only black- And-white flashes of shattered images Tear-soaked:...
Aug 28, 2008
By Mendel Jacobson
Parshat Eikev: Heeling Words
Parshat Eikev: Heeling Words
Tread carefully…   This is hallowed ground on which You walk Sacred parchment on which You run Sanctified clouds on which You fly Blessed waters on which You float Small, fragile...
Aug 19, 2008
By Mendel Jacobson
Parshat Va’etchanan: The Price You Pray
Parshat Va’etchanan: The Price You Pray
Pray tell- Tale signs of entrance:   Even some predators pray.   I’ve seen them, smelled them, In their imitation shawls and Counterfeit tears: they close their Eyes, sway back and...
Aug 14, 2008
By Mendel Jacobson
Parshat Devarim: Looking In Words
Parshat Devarim: Looking In Words
Some of them can be seen, maybe Even touched; the subtle pattern Of their stroked bodies, sculpted.   Others cannot be seen; definitely Not touched, but they can be heard; Their...
Aug 7, 2008
By Mendel Jacobson
Parshat Masei: Journeylistic Instinct
Parshat Masei: Journeylistic Instinct
I once was a slave.   To other masters, certainly; But mostly to myself, And that was the tragedy.   I did not rise with the day. I did not rise...
Jul 30, 2008
By Mendel Jacobson
Parshat Matot: Stick Figures
Parshat Matot: Stick Figures
It is nearing the end –   (In fact, Many years this is the end –)   Of the desert journey.   We have come far (Not so much in miles...
Jul 23, 2008
By Mendel Jacobson
Parshat Pinchas: From A to Zeal
Parshat Pinchas: From A to Zeal
A:   Cool Calm Collected   Walk with perfect posture, Personality put out to pasture: Upright, uptight – aligned In perfect symmetry with The vertical ruler that is Necktie, but really...
Jul 16, 2008
By Mendel Jacobson

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