Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

Coming and Going

  Why did God tell Moses, ‘Come to Pharaoh?’
    Shouldn’t He have told him to ‘Go?’

  Was Moses afraid to go?
    I don’t think so

  Pharaoh was extremely arrogant, you know
    Told folks he created the Nile River, and so

  Telling Pharaoh just once, ‘Let My People Go’
    Moses would return with nothing to show 

  G-d knew Moses would have to come back again and again
    Maybe five or six times, perhaps even ten

  So, when G-d told Moses ‘Come,’ 
    Moses understood it would be quite a long run

  Ten Plagues over almost a year ~ before Pharaoh was done



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     Exodus 10:1 - 13:16 is the Torah portion read
     in synagogues this Saturday (Sabbath) morning.
     It includes the last three of the ten plagues, as
     well as the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. I see
     that the word 'Bo' is translated into English as
     'Go' in many Bibles. This is shockingly incorrect. 
     Any Israeli child knows that 'Bo' means 'Come.' 
     ... Hence, this poem.

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Panagiota Romios January 20, 2024 at 6:34 AM Wow, Gerhon. I called this, biblical poetry.. not only that, very insightful and educational. Thank you.

Jerry Brotherton January 19, 2024 at 5:59 PM An inspirational poem my friend. The ultimate squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Hilda Greenhough January 19, 2024 at 2:37 PM This journey must have been done in several segments. Pauses would be needed for waits on someone sick, someone dying, someone having a baby, and one of the kids stopping everyone by saying, " I can't find my shoes". No doubt there was a vanguard and a caboose.