Nitzavim, נִצָּבִים  "Standing"  Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20

Nitzavim / Preparing For 5809

Poetic notes and meditations for the parashat Nitzavim*

The King is in the field,

the field of our labors

We are preparing for 5809 in Torah time

100 years since 1948 world time

Now in the year of the King 5784

A new year of wonder and awe for all

Come now out into the field of the King

Let us meet face to face!

Now, if you hear his Voice,

soften your face

Let us, this time,

erase our senseless, frightened hatred,

open our blinded eyes and deafend ears to

the One whose love drew us up to him from nothing

Behold a new eternal universe in three verses:

A Torah universe of life in the voice of a priest:

May the Lord bless you and guard you

May the Lord shine the light of his face upon you

and give you grace

May the Lord lift up the light of his face to you

and make you peace!

...make you Torah

...make you these and these

living words of the Living God

If you live by his words

there is nothing that you do not have to give

Come to the revelation of the resolution

of all conflict

and the unification of all opposition

Come to the place where the future rests

where All Israel is woven as one fabric

Come to the revelation of the Mashiach,

where the fabric of All Israel encircles him like a robe

Dominion, glory, and kingship were given to him

All peoples and nations of every language will serve him

His rule is an everlasting rule that shall not pass away,

and his kingship, one that shall not be destroyed

Come to the love at the foot of the crown

The sages warred and the sages roared

The sages sat down in peace

at the foot of the crown

All that they did, they did for the sake of kindness

Adam was shattered, Adam was scattered

Come to the gathering of Adam together again

in one divine root

This is Torah Shalom,

the wind in God's flute

The melody is very close to you,

in your mouth and in your heart,

that you may dance in joy to do it

In one hundred and thirty seven notes of a song*

God transcends his own transcendence

God flies in transcendent infinity

and comes to sit in peace upon his throne

in Jerusalem, in heaven and on earth,

and the melody of creation is complete

Here you are, over there is me

with reconciling love

at the foot of the crown of unity

As I looked on, in the night vision,

one like a human being

came on the mist of heaven

He reached the Ancient of Days

and was presented to Him

The mist of prayers ascend from there

You, oh Israel,

are standing this day together

Tribal leaders are standing with elders

Joseph is standing with Benjamin,

Benjamin is standing with Judah,

every soul in Israel,

all the young ones also,

all mothers, all women,

with the convert in the camp

With woodcutters and water drawers,

scattered minds turning with one ear,

they stand gathered into one understanding

in the Divine Presence,

meeting HaShem at the corner,

the corner at the centre of the circle of holiness,

the first holding hands with the last

God's heart is hidden amidst them

God's desire condenses

in the prayers of the righteous,

as the light of God forms beauty

God embraces Jerusalem,

softened face to softened face

Here is the regenerating of the heavens and the earth,

the transcendent beautifications of prayer,

the mansions that God calls home

We do not know what we shall pray

The Master of Prayer shall lead us

This is the voice that sings the letters

and the letters become God's word,

and God's word becomes life,

and life becomes eternal

Today, if you hear his voice

soften your heart, soften your face

Allow his prayer to encircle your ear

Meet him here on earth and there above 

Meet the the persona of living equality

Meet him at the organic circle's corner

Meet him there to lay the foundation stone,

the stone of repentance

on Rosh Hashanah

And give no longer what is not yours to give

Wonder of wonders, Israel persevered

to enter the Holy of Holies!

I am a worm and not human

The fire of antisemitism has consumed me

This holocaust came from Adam's false existential ego

Out of sorrows in the mist of the Shechinah I was born,

a child of the Master of Prayer

His prayer will be made known

to a newborn people

Stay calm! Be quiet, sweet newborn!

The God of wisdom, understanding and knowledge

is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

This, again, is the year of their prayer,

the year of the renewed mind,

when the left hand and the right hand

emerge from beneath the wings of angels

Abraham bound Isaac in faith

Isaac gave birth to Jacob on the wings

of the everlasting covenant of peace,

the bond of unity in all adversity

Here you are, over there is me

Transcendent beautifying love

at the foot of the crown of unity

One like a man was coming on the mists of heaven

This is the King Messiah

God created with love and labour out of nothing

For after having created he rested

He rested in his love for what he had created

This is the prayer from the mists of hope

Remember the binding of Isaac with mercy

Remember with mercy

the sacrifice of the Jewish soul

Let the awe of absolute justice

and the grace of absolute mercy be one in your heart

Let the evil inclination be crushed

and made like mortar between the stones in the house of prayer,

the good house of repentance, righteous repentance

The two pillars before Solomon's Temple are the two feet of faith

These are a firm foundation for life

For the Lord disciplines the ones he loves,

both the boy and the girl,

and leads them in the pathways of learning

through the circles of prayer,

following the Master of Prayer

This is the one made in the image of God learning to be like God,

learning to reflect God himself

Not only to reflect the glory of God's handiwork,

but to reflect the very name of God,

to reflect for good the reputation of God among all creatures,

to calm creation and quiet it,

until all creatures can hear

the voice of the Master of Prayer,

and be led in prayer

Then the boy and the girl

will be one adult Israel,

one newborn Adam

And their prayer of thanksgiving will be one,

and their children a family of peace

Who is this nation come out of prison?

Come out of the captivity of hatred?

It is Israel gathered at the River Jordan,

gathered by Moshe,

gathered by the Head of Days,

gathered in intense friendship

A nation gathered in covenant blood,

a covenant able to erase sin,

a friendship, a covenant, a bond,

that makes Israel a portion of God,

a permanent portion of his heart

This is Rosh Hashanah,

the secret of Israel’s teshuva

This is the covenant of peace,

the Head of Israel’s Torah

This is the source of her mitzvot

So that the matter is very close,

sung in Israel’s mouth and in her heart

It is what she does

She seeks to learn her whole prayer song,

so that she might inherit all things

and have all things to give