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Vayikra
A bull, sheep, dove, meal
Plead for my expiation
God will tend my fire
Tzav
Envision fire, ash
Theatre of sacrifice
Raising and praising
Sh’mini
The laws of kashrut
Separate clean from unclean
What makes this holy?
Tazria
The infirm deserve
Tenderness, humanity,
Return from exile
M’tzora
Afflictions persist
Cleansing elusive healing
Not post-pandemic
Chol Ha-Mo’ed
Retelling stories
As every generation
Awaits Elijah
Omer
Rosh Chodesh Iyar
A month of radiant bloom
Inching toward fullness
Acharei Mot
Draw a thread between
Ancient perplexing practice
And modernity
K’doshim
An imperative:
Repeating God’s cadences
You shall be holy
Emor
These are counting days
Tiny increments, tik tok
One by one, sacred
B’har
You will till and reap
Temporary ownership
Forty-nine, then Mine
B’chukotai
What motivates you
to sustain God’s partnership?
Do not suspend faith