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NOAH
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(1) for Children’s
Shabbat 5761 5761
The paint on G-d's
creation had scarcely dried
when glitches crept in. The system was in
trouble.
The people reproduced and multiplied
but did things to each other that were
terrible.
Even the genes of the animals got mixed!
So G-d found one man with integrity-
to build an ark, to bring
life's family
through the extinction of what could not be
fixed.
Then G-d hung up the rainbow for a fresh
start
and gave new rules beneath the clean-washed
sun.
But first thing Noah did was invent the art
of making wine, and get mad at his
grandson!
Mistakes will still be made. We must have
patience.
G-d learned that through Noah's
generations.
(2) 5762
He heard G-d clap the ark’s door shut
behind him,
muting his former neighbors’ angry cries.
Ought he to have done more to make them
mind him?
But they had watched his curious building
rise
with jeers and threats. And he himself was
just
an upright simple farmer, in no wise
a teacher or a leader. Now he must
ride out chaotic times as best he might,
climb slanting decks to feed each roaring
beast.
The jewel in the ceiling gave a light,
though sun and moon and stars had left
their stations.
He could not guess how G-d would put things
right,
but G-d had counted on his toil and
patience
to save the seed for coming generations.
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