For ShabbatShabbat is the Sabbath day, the Day of Rest, and is observed from Friday night through Saturday night. Is set aside from the rest of the week both in honor of the fact that God rested on the seventh day after creating the world. On Shabbat, many Jews observe prohibitions from various activities designated as work. Shabbat is traditionally observed with festive meals, wine, challah, prayers, the reading and studying of Torah, conjugal relations, family time, and time with friends. Shirah
I walk
I put one foot in front of the other
If that’s what you mean
By walking
My feet are leaving traces
In the thick, wet mud, albeit slowly
I started off at the head of the track
Now I am almost at its end, behind me
Only the young men guarding us
Vulnerable flock
We are the elders
I know my children are out there
Leading us
With wisdom, words,
And song
They are dancing, rushing, and running
Toward their future
Awaiting them at the other shore
I won’t keep up for a long time
On this journey, the miracle for me is
Its beginning
I know I won’t be there
For its end
My name is Yocheved,
Daughter of Levi, wife of Amram,
Mother of AaronBrother of Moses, chosen as Moses' interlocutor. His Hebrew name is Aharon., MosesThe quintessential Jewish leader who spoke face to face with God, unlike any other prophet, and who freed the people from Egypt, led them through the desert for forty years, and received the Torah on Mt. Sinai. His Hebrew name is Moshe., and MiriamMiriam is the sister of Moses and Aaron. As Moses' and Aaron's sister she, according to midrash, prophesies Moses' role and helps secure it by watching over the young baby, seeing to it that Pharaoh's daughter takes him and that the baby is returned to his mother for nursing. During the Israelites' trek through the desert, a magical well given on her behalf travels with the Israelites, providing water, healing, and sustenance.
I am walking
In silence
Not a single word will you know
Of the many I have spoken
I am walking
One out of many
Carrying my clothes, my water barrel,
And the memories of their childhood and father
I am walking
because there was no sense in staying
So I am walking
To the next station
It might be my last
But it might also not
I hear my daughter singing,
I see her racing over the sand, stretching her hands
Toward the big blue walls
Of signs and wonders.
I see my sons walking
Next to each other
May they only continue
To walk together this way.
I wish for your freedom
I wish for your wonders
I wish that you will not know
A lifetime enslaved
I wish that you will not suffer
I see my children
They walk toward the future
My heart goes with them
My soul does sing
I am Yocheved
My feet are walking
Leaving traces
In the thick, wet mud
With each step
I am holding my head higher
I am a dying princess
on my way home.
I might not get there
But maybe that doesn’t matter
What matters is the fact that we’re walking
All us of together
Stretching our backs
Suddenly unburdened
In the midst of the wild miracles
Of this different, new life.
