Stakeholder Poems | Examples

The Miracle of Fruit

    First fruits brought to the Temple were not a one-off affair
       They were first brought on the Pentecost right up to the New Year

    Farmers, each with his own basket, formed a lively parade
       Singing songs of praise while a flautist merrily played  

    The artisans of Jerusalem met them at the city’s gate
       Welcoming those who put delicious fruits on their plate  

    Then the King himself placed a basket of fruit onto his shoulder
       Joining the parade as a humble stakeholder 

    The ceremony of the First Fruits, a new beginning for us all
       Glory to God for the miracle of fruit, inside the Holy Temple’s walls 



    
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    The first fruits for which the Land of Israel is blessed - wheat, barley,
    grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates - can be brought each
    year from Shavuos/Pentecost (late May or June to Rosh Hashana/New
    Year (Sept. or early October). 

    This is part of the Torah portion read this Saturday in synagogues 
    world over. See Deteronomy 26: 1-15