Short Talmud Poems
Short Talmud Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Talmud by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Talmud by length and keyword.
So Many Choices
All is foreknown, yet free will is given
We are not robots, our lives are worth living
Choices we make, room for misgivings
-- Based on Talmud, Ethics of the Fathers 3:19...
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Categories:
talmud, freedom, jewish, religious,
Form:
Tristich
Of the Ilk of the 'Wiseman'
Those who would burn a Talmud
Bible or Koran
are of the ilk of
the 'wiseman'
who says 'Religion is fine
as long as it's mine
and those who disagree
are no better than swine...
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Categories:
talmud, hate, people, religion, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
A Precarious Balance
A tripod of God's Word, Divine Service, Acts of Kindness do we rest on
God's Word's forsaken by most; the language of the Service, foreign
~ Acts of Kindness keep the World from Chaos and Warring
---See Talmud, Ethics of the Fathers 1:2...
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Categories:
talmud, hope, jewish, religious, world,
Form:
Tristich
Abracadabra
A bara k'davra
I shall create what I say
With ten such utterances
God brought our world into play
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Note: According to the Rabbis of
the Talmud, God created the world
with ten statements, the first of
which was 'Let there be Light.'...
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Categories:
talmud, god, magic, spoken word, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Mourning the Passing of Herman Wouk
An old-fashioned modern Jew
He was brilliant, unique
Weaving the strands of tradition
Into best-selling novels sleek
A Navy man, aboard a WW2 mine-sweep
Mr. Wouk loved letters, his country, and
Talmudic wisdom, from which his works drew deep
Herman Wouk, the prolific novelist and
lifelong student of the Talmud, has
passed on to his Maker today, at the
tender age of 103. May he rest in peace......
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Categories:
talmud, death, jewish, literature, tribute, wisdom, world war
Form:
Ode
The Environment Protected
'A land of milk and honey' *
not to be exploited for money
Goats and sheep were banned
from grazing and ruining the land
Bearded Sages, the environment protected
the profit motive summarily rejected
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*Numbers 14:8; Deuteronomy 31:20.
The Talmud records the ban on
goats, whose milk Ancient Israel
was 'flowing with.'...
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Categories:
talmud, animal, bible, environment, jewish,
Form:
Couplet
Night
The periwinkle petals closed
As daylight turned to dark--
And nighttime fell like dampened silk,
To hush the meadowlark.
While the Talmud--and the holy words;
The violins, and song--
Fell silent in the midst of dark
Seeming out-of-place, or wrong.
And faith became a memory,
Like love's first gentle kiss--
The most dear of all possessions
Was the one most sorely missed.
For God had been the guiding light,
So the rituals, and wine--
But the Cantor was bereft of song...
T was the night of '39....
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Categories:
talmud, faith,
Form:
Elegy