for Parshat Emor
i
God creates Light
and separates it from Darkness
and creates nights and days
for Darkness and for Light.
And there was evening
and there was morning
one day.
ii
God says:
let the people take olive oil
pressed for lamp- lighting
and light the Menorah in the Temple;
let the Menorah be lit
from evening to morning
before HaShem
continually.
iii
God makes Light
and takes this Light
and creates the Time
which frames our world.
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We make lighting oil
and take this oil
and mark the time
of God.
iv
So:
God makes a world for us
filled with things.
We take these things
and make a world for God.
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Based partially on a thought of Martin Buber
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Shabbat Shalom,
Abe