Eleven Treasures – A Vast Wealth Within

Selections from Devarim/Words in V'zot Habracha Deuteronomy 33.1-34.12

God comes from Sinai with lightning flashing (revelation)
The tribes are assembling (Draw forth these treasures)

Let Ruben live and not die. Let his people be numbered
(Ruben is our immortality. Each day we dedicate – counts!)

Hear the voice of (King) Judah (Genuine prayer enthrones us)
Levi, your breastplate is filled with faith, your prayer
A sweet aroma (Levi is the sincere devotee in us each)

O Benjamin, you dwell forever between the shoulders of God
(God dwells between our shoulders in our Benjamin heart)

For you Joseph, the dew of heaven, the best of worlds
Everywhere treasures in the everlasting hills
(Joseph, our foundation stone, is the illumined sage within)

Rejoice Zebulon on your journeys and Issachar in your tents
Sacrifice in the mountains. Draw riches from the infinite depths
(Issachar charts the heavens. Zeb gets wealth from the seas)

Gad, a mighty one of valor, fulfills God’s design
Blesses and enlarges us. Gad is a fierce lion protector
Tearing arm and scalp, expanding east. (Gad is our integrity)

Dan, a lion’s whelp springing forth (a power goddess)
(Eden, headwaters of the Jordon is Dan, a fountain of Torah)

Naftali is the land of opportunity awash in God’s blessings
Everywhere gold (compassion), everywhere wisdom
(Naftali is the wish-fulfilling gem)

Most blessed is Asher who dips his foot in oil, favorite of his kin
Secure all his days. (Generosity, meditation, silent service --
Asher is our children and this is our wealth)

The ancient one is our refuge. Be happy, O’ YisraEL
Ye disciples of holiness, We are supported by everlasting arms

Be fearless now. Ascend the heights
And view the lands that God is giving you