Dedicated to My Parents, Marvin Edelman and Estelle Edelman, née Garelick, originally from Bayonne, New Jersey
It is the holy day of Shabbat we say
As all of creation was crowned on the 7th day
G-d warns Noah’s flood will come in 7 days
For Noah must bring 7 pairs of clean animals on the ark to stay
There were 7 Noahide laws given to Noah
Before we got the Torah
Jacob works for Rachel and Leah for 7 years each
As both will become his wife is within his reach
Pharaoh’s dreams of 7 fat cows to be eaten by 7 scrawny cows
What the dream means nobody knows
Except for Joseph who determines
Egypt will experience 7 years of bumper crops followed by 7 years of famine
Jethro had 7 daughters who took care of his sheep
Whose daughter Zipporah married Moses for his wife to keep
Shavuot is 7 weeks after the Passover festival
Where we celebrate the giving of the Torah for our Jewish survival
There will be no concerns
When the 7 priests blow 7 rams’ horns
Jericho is circled 7 times on the 7th day
The people shout a great shout without delay
King David the 7th son whose psalms every day
we read when we pray
There are 7 blessings for the marriage ceremony
And 7 days of rejoicing during matrimony
Seven is the numerical value of the letter zayin.
Kiddush is recited with wine that has a numerical value of 70 in Hebrew that is yayin.
For 7 is the most powerful and significant number when we study and pray.
For all of this I say hooray!
For the number 7 I give a Bayonne, NJ, cheer.
For with G-d and the Torah we have no fear.
