VAYYIKRA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Leviticus 1 - 5

While in the world we look for signs of spring,
The scroll advances to the Priestly Code,
Those regulations in an ancient mode
To which, in time and times' despite, we cling,
Still learning how throughout our wandering
The voice of G-d, which on Mount Sinai mowed
Great trees, now held itself within the Abode
To spell out purity and offering,
The algorithm of each sacrifice,
Just how to consecrate and to atone,
Lest, G-d's fire breaking out, great harm befall
The unfit, or the Divine Presence be withdrawn
From a cracked crucible. That's how precise
Love is. Precisely may we hear love's call.