The Torah In Haiku » Judah http://www.thetorahinhaiku.com 17 Syllables A Week Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:58:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Vayeitzei http://www.thetorahinhaiku.com/vayeitzei-3/ http://www.thetorahinhaiku.com/vayeitzei-3/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:05:44 +0000 Ed http://www.thetorahinhaiku.com/?p=1039


Jacob had twelve sons
Six were children of Leah
Rachel had just two

Bilhah and Zilpah
Servants of the two sisters
Gave birth to two each

Reuben, Simeon
Levi, Judah, Issachar
Zebulun (Leah’s)

Bilhah’s first was Dan
Her second son Naphtali
Joseph’s fifth and sixth

Leah’s maid Zilpah
Mother of Gad and Asher
The seventh and eighth

And Rachel’s children?
Joseph, Jacob’s fav’rite son
And young Benjamin

Twelve boys, one sister
Leah’s daughter, named Dinah
More ’bout her next week


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Judah pleads his case
Tells Joseph of Jacob’s pain
Brothers reunite

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