for Parshat B'Shalach
i
God tells Pharaoh to send Israel from Egypt
but Pharaoh refuses.
God tells Moses:
Let Aaron cast a staff upon the river
and I will turn the river to blood.
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The water becomes blood
and the river fish die
and the river goes rancid
and Egypt cannot drink from it.
ii
When Israel leaves Egypt
and comes to the desert
the people find water
but the water is bitter.
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God shows Moses some wood
to cast into the water
and Moses casts the wood into the water
and the water becomes sweet.
iii
Egypt may have a good river
and Israel may have bitter water
but it is God Who decides
which water is drinkable
and which water is not.
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Whatever we seem to have,
only God decides what it is worth.
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Shabbat Shalom,
Abe
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