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</style> </div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: large;">This week’s <i>parashah</i>/portion is <i>Korakh</i><i> </i>(Numbers/<i>Be’midbar</i> 16:1-18:32).<o:p></o:p> The <i>parashah</i> contains within it the revolt against Moses’s leadership led by his cousin <i>Korakh</i>, along with <i>Datan</i> and <i>Abiram</i>. These three, and their followers, challenge Moses and Aaron claiming that everyone is holy. Unfortunately, their revolt was led by ego and hubris rather than by any belief in egalitarianism, and so the earth swallowed as a punishment. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: large;">On the following day, Moses is told to take a staff from the leaders of all the tribes, with Aaron representing the tribe of Levi, and to place them in the ground inside the <i>Mishkan</i>/Tabernacle. On the next day they return and Aaron’s staff that has sprouted blossoms and almonds to symbolize his and his descendants chosen stature as High Priest. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: large;">These images form the basis of this poetic commentary on the <i>parashah</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><i>blossoming from darkness to light </i><o:p></o:p></u></b></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am here<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">in darkness <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">why <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">what have I done <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hear voices <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> screaming<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> pleading <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> seeing only darkness <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">impenetrable<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am in the ground <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">swallowed whole <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am not dead <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">or perhaps I am<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">why did I do it <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> why didn't I run <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> why was I afraid of them<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> they were so persuasive <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> all are holy <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> we are holy <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> who is Aaron <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> who is Moses<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> we are all priests <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> all can serve God <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> we are all holy <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> yet all have different tasks<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> all can see God <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">each in their own way <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I didn't want to be high priest <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> above others <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> over the community <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don’t know <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">what I wanted <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">and so<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I heard <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> their voices <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">becoming my voice <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> proclaiming <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">we are holy <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> you have too much <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> we have not enough <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">you shall see <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> they said<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">now I can see only darkness <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I saw firepans <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> smelled incense <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> seared <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> burning <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I knew <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> what was happening <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> what might happen <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had seen <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">God’s power before<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> moments of glory <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> moments of terror <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> deliverance at the sea <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> plague and death in the desert <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I knew <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">the possibilities <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">yet<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I ignored my heart<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I did not pay attention <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">to its words <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> my words <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I heard only his words <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> their words <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Korakh Dathan Abiram <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I became them <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> they were in me<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> they became <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> my unconscious conscience <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> voice of unreason <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> smoldering <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> incense <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> transformed <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">becoming<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> burning earth <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> opening up <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">swallowing us<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> filling my <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> mouth ears nose soul <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with dark smoke <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> oblivion <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">now I am here <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> forever beneath the surface <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> while above <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I do not know <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> what exists <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> what is real <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">remaining still <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">listening waiting <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">an eternity <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I try <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> reaching out up <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> my hand moves <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> slightly <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> suddenly <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> breaking through the earth <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> shattering the shell encasing me <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> freeing me <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> from living death <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I feel <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">air on my hand <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">body remaining underground <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> submerged <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">my soul my heart <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">remaining shrouded in darkness <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> uncertainty <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">again I reach out <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I grasp something <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> it pulls me up from the earth <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the darkness pulls me down <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> wanting me to remain caught <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">torn in between <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> eternal liminality <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> where do I belong <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">under here <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> up there <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with them <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with others <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I simply do not know<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">suddenly I feel<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">the force pulling<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> upward <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> powerful <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> unstoppable <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">leading me to my unknown destiny <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I emerge <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">dirt falling off my clothing <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the light <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the sun <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the shimmering <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> fire and cloud <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Divinity<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">blinding me still <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">unable to see <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hear a voice calling out a name <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Aaron<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> is that me I am bewildered<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> then I remember <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> that is he<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the one pulling me up from the ground <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">telling me that I have been saved<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I have a mission <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> dazed and puzzled<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I look around me <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I see the people my people<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">surrounding staring frightened wondering<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">why did I survive<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">in that moment I know<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I must show them<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> we are all one<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the people<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I am not <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> alone<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> special <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> holy <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> chosen <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">we all are<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> special<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> holy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> chosen<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">then I notice I feel<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> what saved me<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> what I had grasped before <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> my destiny <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> still in my hands<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> shielding my eyes <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> from burning light <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I begin to feel <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the warmth of the Divine<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> in my heart and soul <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I look in my hand <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I see a staff blossoming <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I smell sweetness of almond blossoms <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> awakening telling me <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> who I am <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> what I must do <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> how I must show <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> those remaining <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the truth <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> we are One<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> we are holy <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have been saved to help them<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> to help me <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> to see to know the truth<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the others could not<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> that is why <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> they are underground<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> devoured by their gods <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> that had blinded them to the truth<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ego hubris pride greed jealousy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am here <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> where I belong <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> not knowing why I was chosen<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> to do my part <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> open my heart <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> to God <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> to holiness <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> for all to see <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">we shall all join together <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> opening our hearts<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> as One<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> creating<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> moment by moment<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> soul by soul<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> holy community <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> holy life<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> blossoming for God<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> exquisitely delicate <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> divine humanity<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> human divinity<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> so all will see<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> all will know <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the truth<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the beauty<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> of the One<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> of all<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Posted By Rabbi Steven Nathan to <a href="http://mindfultorah.blogspot.com/2010/06/poetic-commentary-on-parshat-korakh.html">Mindful Torah</a> at 6/11/2010 12:42:00 AM