Nisan Jaffee
Former Ornithologist

Parsha Poem for Chukas

בס״ד

Chukas

Red cows without blemish,
Then Miriam dies,
At Tzin, in the Land of Kadesh.
Then the waters dry up,
And the people now turn,
On her brother – their leader – Reb Maysh.

Moshe strikes the rock twice,
Without having a chat,
To convince that reluctant fountain.
And in wording redundant,
Aaron goes to his grave,
Ascending the heights of Mount Mountain.

The Book of the Wars of HaShem,
Is brought down,
As if we are apt to know it.
And Israel takes all of the Amorite towns,
That were Sichon’s…
Per the words of some poet!

About the Author
Born in New York City in 1952, Nisan moved in 1967 to St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. He graduated from Colgate University, and received an MA in Biology from William and Mary. Nisan resided in Charlottesville, VA, Newtonville, MA, and Baltimore, MD before making aliyah in 2013. He has been married for 40 years, with three adult children and ten grandchildren. He lives in Efrat.
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