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Tetzaveh and Purim
Tetzaveh and Purim
Poetic notes on parashat Tetzaveh and Purim*
Poetic notes on parashat Tetzaveh and Purim*
Twelve precious corporate souls
all of them precious gems,
like veins of life mined from the earth,
were vessels of Torah branching like gemstone light
These twelve were laid upon the anointed one’s heart,
like living vines of light grown from the Shechinah,
wrapping with lovingkindness around the right arm,
their light shining across
to the disciplined sinews of the left arm
all twelve speaking to the compassion of the heart
of the anointed one
These were the twelve corporate souls
of the twelve tribes of Israel
And the Shechinah herself also
was like a twelve starred crown
resting like a Torah camp,
like a tefillin square,
like a *tzitz* upon the anointed one’s head
And he, through obedient knowledge,
taking away the sin of the holy things
Erasing the imprints of self-centred souls,
which even in ignorant innocence are born from sins
The ways of ignorance are the old ways
which must be evaluated,
which must be elevated,
by gemstone fire on the altar,
by compassion burning in the heart
of an anointed one
What is the eternal birthday of Moshe?
This is an inheritance in Aaron,
like the burning heart of Esther’s sacrifice,
like the gemstone flame of Mordecai’s courage,
from evening to morning,
turning Haman inside out and upside down
That is the door into heaven
into the new eternal ways,
the gentle, compassionate ways,
the ways of learning the word of God,
the becoming ways of the Jewish soul
What is a Jewish soul?
The soul in faith becoming,
which, in the Shechinah light,
can never become impure,
as the wise have learned
The intellect in the deep of the Jewish soul
is elevated only with humility,
like an open altar flame to G‑d
And why is the Jewish soul
the soul of faith in God?
And why is it the becoming soul?
Because God gave birth to it from above….
Therefore the garden of Eden Earth,
in the eternity above the old times,
is the garden of Jewish souls
“If you go according to My statutes
and keep My commandments…
the earth will give forth its produce
and the trees of the field its fruit”
Then you will see Eden Earth with joy,
with its seed source the rose of Sharon
Step back and ask yourself,
How did the first muddy soul
become a heavenly soul?
How was the single opportunistic soul,
the soul at first half-created,
which later wandering from the garden,
how did this lost soul
become the married Jewish soul?
See! Behold! A wondrous vision!
A world turned inside out
and upside down!
He cast the truth down to the ground
The enemy thought he did this
The enemy thought he cast the truth to the ground
But no, the truth buried herself in the ground
She became the Mother of All Living
Just as the name of Moshe
was for a little moment concealed,
so the truth was for a little moment concealed
A just offering was made
A testimony was received
Behold! the married soul is the redeemed soul!
The Jewish soul,
is the forgiven and redeemed soul,
through the prayer of
the hidden Tzaddik,
generated through a spark
Look now to the Anointed One
and to the twelve gemstones on his breast!
It is the corporate Moshe soul,
even the Anointed One’s Moshe soul
It is the twelve tribes of Esther’s heart of hope,
the soul embedded in two tablets
*Being a meditation on a Torah lesson on parashah Tetzevah in depth, from the series Torah Studies on the ChaBaD website, and on a class delivered by Rabbi Baitelman of ChaBaD Richmond, B.C., for Purim, with materials by Rohr Jewish Learning Institute. Neither Rabbi Baitelman nor the JLI have reviewed or approved of the content of this post.
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