The cool blankets act like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest

[Isaiah 18:4]

During which we share a Biblical Bouquet:

Our rabbis tell us this bouquet is like our people:

Some with many good
deeds, others with
much learning;

Some with neither...

Some with both.

Fragrance

is like good deeds.

Taste

is like learning.

The willow's long leaves have neither.

I should weep to be as the willow.

The myrtle has leaves the shape of eyes.

May my deeds lead me to focus my sights on learning.

The lulav is straight and tall as my spine.

May my studies give me the courage to act in good faith.

Flavor and aroma join in the etrog.

May my studies and actions support one another;

I will appreciate and build on the unity of creation.

© Mark Hurvitz

Last updated: October 17, 1997.