Gershon Wolf Poet Light Verse

Which Way Did Moses Go

The verse says at age 120 'Moses went'
    but didn't mention where he was going

  Some say to Heaven he was sent
    yet many Rabbis profess not knowing

  Though I'm neither Rabbi nor scholar
    I'll bet you ten bucks to a dollar

  That '24/7 with G-d' gave old Grandpa psychosis 
    ~ so he moved right back in with Grandma Moses




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   Deuteronomy 31:1 -- 'And Moses went,
   and he spoke the following words to all
   Israel.' (Translated from Hebrew by 
   chabad.org)

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Michael Tor October 3, 2022 at 2:38 PM Lol like your version Gerson...I believe he died and was buried. Aaron his brother took his place. He never got to go into the Promise land but he went to a better land and that was heaven... Gershon Wolf October 3, 2022 at 6:37 PM And where precisely Moses was buried nobody knew -- 'cos he survived in the hearts of 3 million Jews. :)

John Watt October 3, 2022 at 12:20 PM Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously. I suppose we supposes when looking for Moses someone buried his toeses ceremoniously. Cute and clever you are, gw ~ jw Gershon Wolf October 3, 2022 at 6:34 PM Moses supposes... Jethro proposes... Granny opposes... And so it goeses.... :) gw

Terry Flood October 3, 2022 at 11:15 AM At 120, he’s probably stood in a queue somewhere cackling to anyone who will listen, “I’m a hundred and twenty you know.” Fun write, Gershon. Mind you, for biblical times, 120 makes him barely a grown up. Wasn’t Noah building boats at 600 or so? Gershon Wolf October 3, 2022 at 6:28 PM Indeed, Noah was building boats at 600 or so.... But after the Flood, man stopped living so long. ~ Yawn

Jennifer Proxenos October 3, 2022 at 9:14 AM Great humour I love this poem my friend. Hugs and blessings Jennifer Gershon Wolf October 3, 2022 at 6:27 PM Glad you like this one, Jennifer.

L Milton Hankins October 3, 2022 at 8:42 AM Funny! Sometimes you really roll, gw. This was one of those times! Gershon Wolf October 3, 2022 at 6:23 PM Thanks, Milt. I'm rollin' on the river, I guess. ~ John Fogarty

Becky Forbes October 3, 2022 at 7:24 AM Poor Grandma Moses!! Gershon Wolf October 3, 2022 at 6:15 PM Grandma will be just fine. She's a tough cookie, remember... and she can have the grandkids give Moses art lessons... ~ gw

Eve Roper October 2, 2022 at 9:12 PM You might be right he might have gone back to grandma :) Blessings my friend Gershon Wolf October 3, 2022 at 6:12 PM Moses needed a few bowls of good old chicken soup, (aka 'Jewish penicillin.' lol). Thanks, Eve.