Ki Tisa / The Coin
The Coin
Poetic notes on parashat Ki Tisa*
The holy coin
Half of me is the other
Build the Future Tabernacle
With the Wise-hearted
Who understand when today is tomorrow
We were deceived by Fool’s Gold
The only hope
Was Ten Words of forgiveness
To obey for today
And Thirteen Words of mercy
To remember for tomorrow
All words of light shining through
The radiant veil of Moshe
The Companion
To David’s anointing
Calling for the testimony
Of two faithful witnesses
Foxes of the heap
Will become foxes of the forest
On the day they count the holy coin
*Being a meditation on a Torah class on parashah Ki Tisa delivered by Rabbi Baitelman of ChaBaD Richmond, B.C., based on the series, Torah Studies, by Rohr Jewish Learning Institute. Neither Rabbi Baitelman nor the JLI have reviewed or approved of the content of this post.