When you settle into the land, plant.
Live in right relationship
with fields and orchards,
sun and rain.
with fields and orchards,
sun and rain.
Wait.
Watch.
Mark fruitlings with reed-strings,
guides for harvest.
Watch.
Mark fruitlings with reed-strings,
guides for harvest.
In the ripeness of the Ingathering,
take of the seven species.
Shoulder your basket, golden or willow-green.
take of the seven species.
Shoulder your basket, golden or willow-green.
Walk into the fullness of TorahThe Five Books of Moses, and the foundation of all of Jewish life and lore. The Torah is considered the heart and soul of the Jewish people, and study of the Torah is a high mitzvah. The Torah itself a scroll that is hand lettered on parchment, elaborately dressed and decorated, and stored in a decorative ark. It is chanted aloud on Mondays, Thursdays, and Shabbat, according to a yearly cycle. Sometimes "Torah" is used as a colloquial term for Jewish learning and narrative in general..
Weave flute-songs with gladness.
Dance your joy.
Weave flute-songs with gladness.
Dance your joy.
Come to the sanctuary.
Remember your journey.
Acknowledge your ancestors and the gift of the land.
Remember your journey.
Acknowledge your ancestors and the gift of the land.
You are the link to the holy past
in the holy present,
wholly connected.
in the holy present,
wholly connected.
Hand supported by consecrated hand,
wave your thanks-giving.
Set your gift basket beside the altar.
wave your thanks-giving.
Set your gift basket beside the altar.
Hear the blessing of the bat kol..
Share your abundance.
Then build.
Share your abundance.
Then build.
In the merit of bikkurimIn the Bible, the Israelites brought the first fruits (bikkurim) of their harvest to the Temple in baskets for the holiday of Shavuot.,
hear the mountain-voices offer
portals to intimacy or estrangement.
hear the mountain-voices offer
portals to intimacy or estrangement.
Blessing and curse echo from the peaks:
choice is a fruiting bud
embodying the past, encoding the future.
choice is a fruiting bud
embodying the past, encoding the future.
