Selections
from Names/Shemot in Yitro, Ex. 18.1-20.23
Yitro hears all. With loving respect Moses prostrates before
him
A fountain of blessings is God, says Yitro, who is freeing
you
Draw up from within yourself the capable one
Humbled before the vastness, who loves straight-forwardness
Let this, your nobility, govern you through all seasons of
life
In three days God’s coming to meet you (Start
counting now)
Sanctify yourselves by washing your garments (your
actions)
Men and women stay apart three days (Build
vitality)
Set boundaries about the mount
By respecting one another’s boundaries, thus we ascend
Morning of the third day -- look at the mountain
It’s altogether billowing smoke as if from a great furnace
Bolts of thunder tearing open the heavens
Lightning flashing all about and fire coming down
The mountain is trembling. God’s descending in fire
Everything’s shaking (and so are we,
can’t move, can’t talk)
The sound’s getting louder (enter
its center into the silence and hear)
I am the Lord your God who brings you out of bondage
Out of the straits, out of narrow-mindedness
I am God. I show thousands of generations of mercy
Take my names and use them wisely (names
made of power letters)
The seventh day celebrate the oneness
Bring honor to your parents (and
teachers with an honorable life)
Don’t kill off anyone (with
put-downs, including yourself)
And don’t adulterate (the purity in
you)
Don’t steal (When we steal, we steal
from ourselves)
And no false witnessing
Say what you’ve experienced, no more, no less
Don’t covet anything that someone else has
For that stops your own estate from manifesting
Make an earthen altar (Make
an altar of this earth)
Selections from the Torah Gita
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