for Parshat VaEireh
i
God smites Egypts
with terrifying hail
fire in ice
thunder
hail that is deadly to animals
destructive to houses
ruinous of crops;
and Pharoah tells Moses:
I will free Israel,
pray for me
that God ends this hail.
*
Moses tells Pharoah:
I will lift my hands to God
and He will end this Plague
and you will know
that the land is God’s.
ii
If God wanted to show
that the land is His,
demolishing the land
should be enough.
But God displays His power
by answering a prayer.
*
Perhaps showing
that the power to reopen the dialogue
is the power beyond all strengths.
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With inspiration from Rav Ezra Bick and Rav Avi Weiss
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Shabbat shalom,
Abe