Leviticus Haikus
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Vayikra
Voluntary acts
Of sacrificial service
Petition wholeness
Tzav
What pleases our God?
Meticulous rituals,
Priests as exemplars
Haggadah
Nary a mention
Deflating Egypt's stronghold
Yet God everywhere
Sh'mini
Raised hands of blessings
Belie joy turning deadly
Brothers in crisis
Tazria/M'tzora
Mysterious ills
Of degraded conditions
Ritually cured
Acharei Mot/K'doshim
Within commandments
Woven in everyday acts
One finds holiness
Emor
Proscribed dates and times
Cycles and circles of life
Commemorated
B'har/B'chukotai
On Sinai, proclaim
How many harvests you have.
Then rest, Holy Land
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