“The Talmud And The Mishnah” / “In My Father’s House Are Many Rooms” [Reflections on Bab. Talmud:Rodkinson; Mishna Translation - Darby - Intro (series)]
Good Friday morning is right now,
The time I got my letter
Advising me to hit the road
(With later times no better).I could not face another round
Of silly “Christian” chatter,
So stayed at home and Intro read
By Danby – of disaster –Endured by Jews at “Christian” hands –
Destruction of all writings,
While killing off medieval Jews,
And hatred thus inciting.So very few intact remain
Of Mishnah from such trouble;
One Talmud (Babylonian)
Survived within such rubble.What is with us, O Father-God
That we such antics foster?
Can we not live Your Christ’s advice
Foregoing such disaster?If You, O Jesus, wanted us
To hear the Jewish treasure,
Experience it as salt and light
And leaven without measure –I see what You had on Your mind –
You saw our need for loving;
Without it, this is what folks do,
In world of push and shoving.O Holy Spirit I’m so pumped
To start this complex reading,
Of these three books of blessed words,
And following Your leading.Thanks Holy Spirit for this.
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