Nasso: Yesod Malkhut

Dedicated to Rabbi YaelA female character in the Book of Judges who is instrumental in the Israelites' obtaining the victory that Deborah had prophesied. When she encountered the enemy king Sisera, Yael invites him into her tent. She feeds him milk to make him drowsy and, when he fell asleep, she murders him by driving a tent peg through his temple. Levi for her comfort

and Dael Adams for her tenderness

Beneath the cracking of our foundation

There is a matrix.

A matrix built

Root by root

Descendants of the names.

And from those roots

Comes a sprouting

Where I have been called to stand.

Judaism cannot remain still.

It was created to move.

Decreed when traveling,

Utensils were to be covered,

Under a skin of beauty.

When the Mishkan journeys

The Levites will take it down.

When the Mishkan encamps

The Levites shall erect it.

And though there be forces,

Seemingly against us,

From all around,

In colors lit on breast-plate,

Oh, holy collective,

By white light shimmering

Flowing from The One,

Whether moving or tranquil,

For both have been before,

We shall remain.

We are protected.

Nasso: Yesod Malkhut

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