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Ki Tisa

G-d does some hiring
Betzalel, Oholiab
The Mishkan builders

But the work must stop
Each week to observe Shabbat
It’s G-d’s day of rest

T’tzaveh

What the priests once wore
Are now put on Torah scrolls
Robes, breastplates, turbans

T’rumah

G-d tells us to make
A menorah of pure gold
With seven branches

Not for Chanukah
But for the tabernacle
As G-d instructed

Mishpatim

Tough rules for children
Hurting or cursing parents
Is punished by death

That’s not done today
Some won’t even hit their kids
When they misbehave

Yitro

Andy Warhol's portrait of Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Jethro tells Moses
You can’t be the only judge
It’s too exhausting

Delegate the work
Appoint judges for thousands,
Hundreds, fifties, tens

And Moses did this.
The first time a Jewish man
Took in-laws’ advice?

Beshalach

Manna from heaven
To feed us in the desert
The sixth day – double

So then, on Shabbat
Even in the wilderness
It’s a day of rest

Bo

The first “mezuzah”
Some blood from the sacrifice
To mark our doorposts

This was so that G-d
Would pass over our houses
When the tenth plague came

Va-eira

Moses: I’m nervous
G-d: Don’t worry about it
Aaron will be there

You’ll be like a god
To the Pharaoh of Egypt
Aaron, your prophet

Shemot

Now a new Pharaoh
Who did not know of Joseph
Came to rule Egypt

He told the midwives
“There are too many Jews here,
Kill their newborn boys”

Shifra and Puah
Feared G-d and defied Pharaoh
So the Jews survived

From Shemot to Vayikra

Say chazak, chazak

Another book completed

Priestly stuff is next

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Exodus / Shemot

Ki Tisa

G-d does some hiring
Betzalel, Oholiab
The Mishkan builders

But the work must stop
Each week to observe Shabbat
It’s G-d’s day of rest

T’tzaveh

What the priests once wore
Are now put on Torah scrolls
Robes, breastplates, turbans

T’rumah

G-d tells us to make
A menorah of pure gold
With seven branches

Not for Chanukah
But for the tabernacle
As G-d instructed

Mishpatim

Tough rules for children
Hurting or cursing parents
Is punished by death

That’s not done today
Some won’t even hit their kids
When they misbehave

Yitro

Jethro tells Moses
You can’t be the only judge
It’s too exhausting

Delegate the work
Appoint judges for thousands,
Hundreds, fifties, tens

And Moses did this.
The first time a Jewish man
Took in-laws’ advice?

Beshalach

Manna from heaven
To feed us in the desert
The sixth day – double

So then, on Shabbat
Even in the wilderness
It’s a day of rest

Bo

The first “mezuzah”
Some blood from the sacrifice
To mark our doorposts

This was so that G-d
Would pass over our houses
When the tenth plague came

Va-eira

Moses: I’m nervous
G-d: Don’t worry about it
Aaron will be there

You’ll be like a god
To the Pharaoh of Egypt
Aaron, your prophet

Shemot

Now a new Pharaoh
Who did not know of Joseph
Came to rule Egypt

He told the midwives
“There are too many Jews here,
Kill their newborn boys”

Shifra and Puah
Feared G-d and defied Pharaoh
So the Jews survived

From Shemot to Vayikra

Exodus / Shemot

G-d does some hiring Betzalel, Oholiab The Mishkan builders

But the work must stop Each week to observe Shabbat It’s G-d’s day of rest

What the priests once wore Are now put on Torah scrolls Robes, breastplates, turbans

G-d tells us to make A menorah of pure gold With seven branches

Not for Chanukah But for the tabernacle As G-d instructed

Tough rules for children Hurting or cursing parents Is punished by death

That’s not done today Some won’t even hit their kids When they misbehave

Jethro tells Moses You can’t be the only judge It’s too exhausting

Delegate the work Appoint judges for thousands, Hundreds, fifties, tens

And Moses did this. The first time a Jewish man Took in-laws’ advice?

Manna from heaven To feed us in the desert The sixth day – double

So then, on Shabbat Even in the wilderness It’s a day of rest

The first “mezuzah” Some blood from the sacrifice To mark our doorposts

This was so that G-d Would pass over our houses When the tenth plague came

Moses: I’m nervous G-d: Don’t worry about it Aaron will be there

You’ll be like a god To the Pharaoh of Egypt Aaron, your prophet

Now a new Pharaoh Who did not know of Joseph Came to rule Egypt

He told the midwives “There are too many Jews here, Kill their newborn boys”

Shifra and Puah Feared G-d and defied Pharaoh So the Jews survived

G-d does some hiring
Betzalel, Oholiab
The Mishkan builders

But the work must stop
Each week to observe Shabbat
It’s G-d’s day of rest

What the priests once wore
Are now put on Torah scrolls
Robes, breastplates, turbans

G-d tells us to make
A menorah of pure gold
With seven branches

Not for Chanukah
But for the tabernacle
As G-d instructed

Tough rules for children
Hurting or cursing parents
Is punished by death

That’s not done today
Some won’t even hit their kids
When they misbehave

Jethro tells Moses
You can’t be the only judge
It’s too exhausting

Delegate the work
Appoint judges for thousands,
Hundreds, fifties, tens

And Moses did this.
The first time a Jewish man
Took in-laws’ advice?

Manna from heaven
To feed us in the desert
The sixth day – double

So then, on Shabbat
Even in the wilderness
It’s a day of rest

The first “mezuzah”
Some blood from the sacrifice
To mark our doorposts

This was so that G-d
Would pass over our houses
When the tenth plague came

Moses: I’m nervous
G-d: Don’t worry about it
Aaron will be there

You’ll be like a god
To the Pharaoh of Egypt
Aaron, your prophet

Now a new Pharaoh
Who did not know of Joseph
Came to rule Egypt

He told the midwives
“There are too many Jews here,
Kill their newborn boys”

Shifra and Puah
Feared G-d and defied Pharaoh
So the Jews survived