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Let us Not Speak – A poem for Parsha Emor

Let us not speak of all the things we are not supposed to...
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April 30, 2026

Emor 鈥 speak (Leviticus 21:1鈥24:23)

Let us not speak of all the things
we are not supposed to do because
the list is long and the Omer
isn鈥檛 going to count itself.

I鈥檓 writing these words on the eighteenth
day of the space between the second telling
of the feast of unleavened bread, and the day
our top ten laws were etched in stone.

I鈥檓 writing these words after reading the
ancient words which tell me to do this counting.
It鈥檚 a real Inception-level situation.
Let us not speak of the day the manna

stopped falling out of the sky, and we
had to learn to fend for ourselves.
Or is that assumption a lack of faith?
If it is a lack of faith, let us not speak of it.

The truth is, if you got me in a room,
I鈥檇 be willing to speak of almost anything.
I鈥檇 list all the laws, like one of those memes
where you give yourself a point for

every one you followed, or don鈥檛 follow.
You could share your score in the comments.
Let us not speak of each other鈥檚 scores.
Let us not speak of my blasphemy and

how I disguise it as poems. It is spring today
and when all this counting is counted
we can speak of anything we want.
Let鈥檚 do that. Let鈥檚 put it on the calendar.


Rick Lupert, a poet, songleader and graphic designer, is the author of 29 books including 鈥淕od Wrestler: A Poem for Every Torah Portion.鈥 Visit him at

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