{"id":2134,"date":"2016-04-11T13:42:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T20:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2021-03-22T23:33:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T06:33:21","slug":"where-grass-can-never-be-called-straw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/2016\/04\/where-grass-can-never-be-called-straw","title":{"rendered":"where grass can never be called straw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A poem for Nissan, and an everyday reminder.<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;\" width=\"46%\">\n<div class=\"poetry-hebrew\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span lang=\"he\"><br \/>\n\u05de\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05db\u05d5\u05dc \u05dc\u05b4\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d1\u05de\u05e4\u05d4<br \/>\n\u05de\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05db\u05d5\u05dc \u05dc\u05b4\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d0\u05d8\u05dc\u05e1<br \/>\n\u05dc\u05e6\u05d0\u05ea \u05de\u05de\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05db\u05dc \u05d9\u05d5\u05dd<br \/>\n\u05dc\u05e6\u05d0\u05ea \u05de\u05de\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05e7\u05e4\u05d9\u05e6\u05d4 \u05e0\u05e4\u05e9\u05d9\u05ea<\/p>\n<p \/>\n\u05d0\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc \u05d7\u05dc\u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05ea<br \/>\n\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d4\u05ea\u05e2\u05d5\u05e8\u05e8 \u05d0\u05ea \u05e2\u05e6\u05de\u05e0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05d7\u05d3\u05e9<br \/>\n\u05e4\u05e8\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d5\u05e4\u05ea\u05d5\u05d7<br \/>\n\u05d1\u05ea\u05d5\u05da \u05e8\u05d7\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05d0\u05d9<br \/>\n\u05dc\u05b4\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d3 \u05d0\u05e0\u05d7\u05e0\u05d5<br \/>\n\u05d1\u05e8\u05d7\u05de\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea<br \/>\n\u05d1\u05ea\u05d5\u05da \u05d4\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05e9\u05d1\u05d5 \u05d4\u05d3\u05e9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05db\u05d5\u05dc \u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05e7\u05e9<br \/>\n\u05d5\u05e8\u05d2\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05db\u05d5\u05dc \u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d4<br \/>\n\u05db\u05d3\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05e9\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc(\u05da\/\u05e0\u05d5) \u05d1\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9 \u05db\u05dc \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd \u05d5\u05db\u05dc \u05e9\u05de\u05e9\u05ea\u05e0\u05d4<br \/>\n\u05d1\u05de\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8<br \/>\n\u05de\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d7\u05dc\u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d3\u05dd<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;\" width=\"53%\">\n<div class=\"poetry-english\">\n<em>Mitsrayim<\/em> cannot be found on a map<br \/>\n<em>Mitsrayim<\/em> cannot be found in an atlas<br \/>\nLeaving <em>Mitsrayim<\/em> is every day<br \/>\nLeaving <em>Mitsrayim<\/em> is a mental leap<\/p>\n<p \/>\nWe live in a world of dreams<br \/>\nand we must awaken ourselves into a new place<br \/>\nwild and open<br \/>\nwithin a wild womb<br \/>\nto discover we are not alone<br \/>\nwith compassion<br \/>\nwithin the Place, where grass cannot be called \u2018straw\u2019<br \/>\nand a clod of earth cannot be called \u2018brick\u2019<br \/>\nto find (y)our name in the life of all that lives and all that changes<br \/>\nin the Wilderness<br \/>\nbeyond the dreams of human ken\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"attachment_2135\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sem303_10.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2135\" src=\"http:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sem303_10.jpg\" alt=\"A stream of flowers between fields of wheat (credit: unknown, copyright orphan)\" width=\"800\" height=\"1199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sem303_10.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sem303_10-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sem303_10-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sem303_10-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sem303_10-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/aharon.varady.net\/omphalos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sem303_10-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stream of flowers between fields of wheat (credit: unknown, copyright orphan)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This is pretty much how I understand the Exodus as allegory for a daily practice of being 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