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It Is Time
It Is Time
Poetic notes for parashat Naso*
It is time for action!
It is time to go to work!
But we are still standing on the mountain
as if it were a fence
not knowing for whom
we should go to work
We’re hearing the thunder
pounding against the world’s walls
shaking its floor and ceiling
We hear the thunderous Voice that says:
Bring no other gods with you
before my face!
Settle into the house of God!
It is meant to be your home
Your souls have been numbered
Your spirit has already been counted
Apply yourself in full
Like you were in your private study
No necessity even for public formality
Even the lame and handicapped
can make up for lost time
Say to Jerusalem
that her sins are forgiven
She has been corrected twice-over
for her immodesty
It is time
to serve no other god
than HaShem your God
Who brought you up
out of the throat of death
out from the grinding wheel of slavery
The princes have not yet arrived
Hold their seats for them
They will soon be home
in their own house
Pray that they are not delayed
by the Abomination of Desolation
snaking its way up
onto the Temple Mount
Wherever you are
You twelve holy princes
May the Lord bless you and keep you
May he lift up his face upon you
This is the jealousy of the Lord
He has received your gifts
Even before you give them
As you have received his
from eternity until eternity
No worlds can come between you
All the stars tremble
All worlds below are drunk and falling
For the Lord God of Israel
Has taken Jerusalem for his own
Liars inherit cities of delusion
Idolators serve gods of corruption
Tell Jerusalem her warfare is accomplished
She has drank the waters of suffering
and shall be called Mother of All Living
It is time
for the true husband and wife
who give birth to righteousness
to stand face to face
in the place God has chosen for them
upon the earth
The place where they made their vows
they will keep them
*Being a meditation on commentary on parashah Naso, presented by by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum of Azamra.com, together with comments on The Idra Rabbah by Zion Nefesh at The Daily Zohar. Neither Rabbi Greenbaum nor Zion Nefesh have reviewed or approved of the content of this post.
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