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Sh’mot
Here a new chapter
May lofty dreams not be crushed
Yet I shall be me
Va-eira
To persuade Pharoah
seven loathsome acts of God
none was sufficient
Bo
Arise Nissan’s moon
Our long awaited release
in the wake of death
B’shalach
Terrifying paths
Beyond uncharted waters
Manna miracles
Yitro
I must be revered
Hear My Voice know My Presence
Without depiction
Mishpatim
Litany of laws
Mend enslaved and downtrodden
God’s treasured charges
T’rumah
Collective beauty
Gilded cherubim guarding
Holiness within
T’tzaveh
Dressing for the part
Purely layered elements
Yom Kippur preview
Ki Tisa
With head uplifted
Moses pleads for leniency
And leaves radiant
Vayak’heil
Rectangular space
Majestically appointed
Communally owned
P’kudei
Unsimple freedoms
Moses miracles mountains
Closing Exodus