The Torah In Haiku » 5769

S’lichot

Ed — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:36:30 +0000

Elul is ending
The High Holy Days are near
Time to get ready

Nitzavim / Vayeilech

Ed — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:50:34 +0000

Moses says goodbye
Tells us to be strong and brave
G-d will not fail us

Ki Tavo

Ed — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:10:02 +0000

Worship idols? Cursed.
The people all say, “Amen”
Obey the laws? Blessed

Ki Teitzei

Ed — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:47:43 +0000

If a son rebels
Breaking the fifth commandment
Parents should flog him

If that doesn’t work
Then they should ask their neighbors
To stone him to death

Shoftim

Ed — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:22:19 +0000

Idol worshippers?
Stone them to death – in public
Severe punishment

But this can happen
Only with testimony
From two witnesses

Another limit
Is that this only applies
In “the settlements”

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R’eih

Ed — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:29:10 +0000

Curses? Mount Ebal
The blessings? Mount Gerizim
A strange ritual

Ibn Ezra says
Mount Ebal is a scapegoat
Absorbing curses

This week’s haiku were inspired by the commentary of Rabbi Oren J. Hayon in the URJ’s Reform Voices of Torah, part of the wonderful Ten Minutes of Torah email project.

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Eikev

Ed — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:03:54 +0000

Moses announces
We’ll enter the land despite
Being so stubborn

It’s partly because
G-d promised our ancestors
That we’d have the land

Another reason?
Wickedness of the nations
We’ll be driving out

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Va-et’chanan

Ed — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:46:29 +0000

Moe recalls that G-d
Said “You won’t enter the land”
‘Cause of what he did

But in retelling
It becomes the peoples’ fault
Revisionism?

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Devarim

Ed — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:56:41 +0000

Nothing new this week
Moses reads diary of
Forty desert years

Of course, he recalls
The people’s lack of faith when
He sent out the spies

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Torah Tweets

Ed — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:17:31 +0000

Now you can follow
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If that is your thing

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The Torah In Haiku » 5769

S’lichot

Elul is ending The High Holy Days are near Time to get ready

Nitzavim / Vayeilech

Moses says goodbye Tells us to be strong and brave G-d will not fail us

Ki Tavo

Worship idols? Cursed. The people all say, “Amen” Obey the laws? Blessed

Ki Teitzei

If a son rebels Breaking the fifth commandment Parents should flog him

If that doesn’t work Then they should ask their neighbors To stone him to death

Shoftim

Idol worshippers? Stone them to death – in public Severe punishment

But this can happen Only with testimony From two witnesses

Another limit Is that this only applies In “the settlements”

R’eih

Curses? Mount Ebal The blessings? Mount Gerizim A strange ritual

Ibn Ezra says Mount Ebal is a scapegoat Absorbing curses

Eikev

Moses announces We’ll enter the land despite Being so stubborn

It’s partly because G-d promised our ancestors That we’d have the land

Another reason? Wickedness of the nations We’ll be driving out

Va-et’chanan

Moe recalls that G-d Said “You won’t enter the land” ‘Cause of what he did

But in retelling It becomes the peoples’ fault Revisionism?

Devarim

Nothing new this week Moses reads diary of Forty desert years

Of course, he recalls The people’s lack of faith when He sent out the spies

Torah Tweets

Now you can follow Torah Haiku on Twitter If that is your thing

Elul is ending
The High Holy Days are near
Time to get ready

Moses says goodbye
Tells us to be strong and brave
G-d will not fail us

Worship idols? Cursed.
The people all say, “Amen”
Obey the laws? Blessed

If a son rebels
Breaking the fifth commandment
Parents should flog him

If that doesn’t work
Then they should ask their neighbors
To stone him to death

Idol worshippers?
Stone them to death – in public
Severe punishment

But this can happen
Only with testimony
From two witnesses

Another limit
Is that this only applies
In “the settlements”

Curses? Mount Ebal
The blessings? Mount Gerizim
A strange ritual

Ibn Ezra says
Mount Ebal is a scapegoat
Absorbing curses

Moses announces
We’ll enter the land despite
Being so stubborn

It’s partly because
G-d promised our ancestors
That we’d have the land

Another reason?
Wickedness of the nations
We’ll be driving out

Moe recalls that G-d
Said “You won’t enter the land”
‘Cause of what he did

But in retelling
It becomes the peoples’ fault
Revisionism?

Nothing new this week
Moses reads diary of
Forty desert years

Of course, he recalls
The people’s lack of faith when
He sent out the spies

Now you can follow
Torah Haiku on Twitter
If that is your thing