Humans, too, converse in hums and buzzes
communicate through dance,
make a bee-line to our desires,
build social structures
with queen bees who dominate our space,
form an Aydah, a congregation,
though we cannot match the devorim,
whose pollination sustains life
and who bodies offer us
sticky-sweet medicine,
flower-scented,
one-sixtieth of manna.
communicate through dance,
make a bee-line to our desires,
build social structures
with queen bees who dominate our space,
form an Aydah, a congregation,
though we cannot match the devorim,
whose pollination sustains life
and who bodies offer us
sticky-sweet medicine,
flower-scented,
one-sixtieth of manna.
Only Torah, our tradition teaches, is sweeter than honey,
its aroma and taste more desirable than gold,
its devarim eternal,
flowing generation to generation,
transforming us, as Ketubot teaches:
there exists a power to honey, that if an item like bread or
wine falls into it, eventually they will transform into honey.
its aroma and taste more desirable than gold,
its devarim eternal,
flowing generation to generation,
transforming us, as Ketubot teaches:
there exists a power to honey, that if an item like bread or
wine falls into it, eventually they will transform into honey.
May it be that we fly to Torah
and, as the prophet said, are suckled
with the round cake of honey from the rock of our tradition,
so that, like the devorim,
our lives bring to the world
fruitfulness and healing.
and, as the prophet said, are suckled
with the round cake of honey from the rock of our tradition,
so that, like the devorim,
our lives bring to the world
fruitfulness and healing.
Let us, like the bees, a
superorganism
superorganism
DEVARIM – WORDS
DEVORIM – BEES
DEVORIM – BEES
Ezekiel 16:4
“…and He grants them two round cakes, one of oil and the other of honey, as it is written: “And He [God] suckled Him
[The Children of Israel] with honey from the rock…”
(Deuteronomy 32:13).
“…and He grants them two round cakes, one of oil and the other of honey, as it is written: “And He [God] suckled Him
[The Children of Israel] with honey from the rock…”
(Deuteronomy 32:13).
Ketubot 111b:22
“He saw those goats that were grazing beneath a fig tree, and there was honey oozing from the figs and milk
dripping from the goats, and the two liquids were mixing together….He said: This is the meaning of the verse ‘A
land flowing with milk and honey.’”
“He saw those goats that were grazing beneath a fig tree, and there was honey oozing from the figs and milk
dripping from the goats, and the two liquids were mixing together….He said: This is the meaning of the verse ‘A
land flowing with milk and honey.’”
