This sheet on Numbers 5 was written by Yakov Azriel for 929 and can also be found here
"And so a fit of jealousy overcomes a man and he is jealous concerning his wife, who has defiled herself; or a fit of jealousy overcomes a man concerning his wife, although she has not defiled herself – " (Numbers 5:14)
if
i
through desire
consume
love –
will
i …?
if
i
through loving
through consuming
desire –
will
she …?
if
love –
desiring
consuming
will –
can
we
forgive?
Yakov Azriel is an English language poet who lives in Israel
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