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D’varim

Moses’s chronicle
Forty years in the making
The end’s beginning

Va-et’chanan

Moses pleading still
Be seeking, keeping people
Here, hear, stand by Me

Eikev

Do not be haughty
I spoke as your advocate
Revere God’s actions

R’eih 

See between choices
Adept at discerning truth
Yes, altruism

Shof’tim

Judicial frameworks
Deter disobedience
Promote tzedakah

Elul

Elul already?
These months evaporated!
Steady, set your mark.

Ki Teitzei

Civilized nations
Protect and adjudicate
Imperfect methods

Ki Tavo
Yes, it’s happening
This land of milk and honey
Conditionally

Nitzavim
This day standing firm
In his final orations
To his final breath

Vayeilech

My end drawing close
Your turning away foretold
God will be hidden

Haazinu

As I am gathered,
I beg for your attention
You’ve given me life

Simchat Torah

Poetic bequests
We have turned and will return
Eternal blessings

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