A plague in Egypt
Pharoah says, “Okay Moses
Your people can go”

The plague is lifted
Pharoah says, “I’ve changed my mind”
Then, another plague

Will Pharoah wise up?
Or continue flip-flopping?
We’ll find out next week

The bush is burning
But is not being consumed
A sign for Moses

G-d says, “Hi, it’s Me
I’m gonna rescue the Jews
They’ve suffered enough

Go tell old Pharoah
I’ve got a message for him
Let my people go”

Fifth book of Moses
Really, just his final speech
A journey retold

Almost right away
He recalls the spy story
A failure of faith

Is it about guilt
Or a leader’s reminder:
G-d will protect them

Moses and Aaron
Say “Shall WE produce water”
G-d doesn’t like it

The water comes forth
So the people aren’t punished
No so their leaders

Aaron dies at Hor
Even though it was Moses
Who had hit the rock

But Moses now knows
He cannot enter the land
With those whom he led

Miriam punished
She complained about Moses
With brother Aaron

We’re left to wonder
Consequences for Aaron?
There seem to be none

Moses asks of G-d:
Since I’ve found favor with You
Show me Your Glory

G-d says “no can do”
Man shall not see Me and live
I can’t show My face

The cleft of the rock
Is where you’ll stand as I pass
Covered by My hand

This will protect you.
And when I remove My hand
You will see My back

Based on Exodus 33:18-23

The birth of Moses
Pharoah’s daughter adopts him
Our future leader

Moses' final song as written in the Torah scroll (click image to enlarge)

Final speech, a song
Moses reminds the people
Of all G-d has done

See the enlarged “Hey”?
To read one explanation
Just click on this link

The Ten Commandments
Repeated in this portion
But with some changes

Here, “observe” Shabbat
Before, it was “remember”
Two ways to “keep” it?

Desert travelogue.
Moses recalls the places
Where the people camped

Nothing but a list
With a few key exceptions
For special places

Elim – much water
In Rephidim, not so much
Later, Hor Mountain

At which point Moses
Takes a moment to recall
That’s where Aaron died