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Copyright by
Nicholas Gordon
Part of being Jewish is a choice
As one becomes an act of
preservation.
Seders start the stream of
admonition,
Stories meant to bind one to the
past.
On words alone the exiles had to
last,
Verses reified by repetition,
Each an heirloom of a generation
Reared to give those ancient words a
voice.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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