This week we cross the sea! We read within the pages of our texts what might be an example of a very early concrete poem.
The crossing is beautifully written in what comes to be called ‘brick’ fashion.
Not only is the text written in this exquisitely imagined layout, it is also sung in alternating cantillations. And of course, those words are telling our story in song – the Song of the Sea. The song ends with the words, “Children of Israel walked on the dry land amid the sea”. Now the work begins, as the Israelites begin to not just walk towards Sinai, but to understand the miracle of their freedom. Our freedom is bound to our covenant. That covenant was a Yes: We will stand together, we are a people.
This is perhaps the most difficult of tasks, and the most evident of the miracles that surround us. We said yes then to becoming a people, k’lal Yisroel. Today as Israel the nation defends her people, we say yes again. We stand within that eternal covenant.
May we see another miracle soon.
With love,Rabbi Lynn
Juma hili tunapita bahari! Katika makala hii, tutajifunza kuhusu maandishi ya zamani ambayo yanaweza kuwa na maana ya kisasa ya mashairi ya zamani. Msalaba huo umeandikwa kwa uzuri katika kile kinachoitwa mtindo wa " matofali ". Si tu kwamba maandishi yameandikwa kwa mpangilio huu uliochorwa kwa ustadi, bali pia yanaimbwa kwa njia ya kubadilishana. Na bila shaka, maneno hayo yanaeleza hadithi yetu katika wimbo <unk> Wimbo wa Bahari. Wimbo huo unamalizika kwa maneno, "Wana wa Israeli walitembea juu ya nchi kavu katikati ya bahari". Sasa kazi inaanza, wakati Waisraeli wanaanza si tu kutembea kuelekea Sinai, lakini kuelewa muujiza wa uhuru wao. Uhuru wetu umefungwa kwa agano letu. "Mkataba huo ulikuwa ""Ndiyo, tutasimama pamoja, sisi ni watu.""" Hii labda ni kazi ngumu zaidi, na dhahiri zaidi ya miujiza inayotuzunguka. """Tulisema ndiyo kuwa watu, Kela Yisroeli." """Leo, wakati Israeli inawalinda watu wake, tunasema ndiyo tena." Tunaishi katika agano hilo la milele. Na tuone muujiza mwingine hivi karibuni. Kwa upendo, Rabi Lynn