perek shira:                                   
                                  song of nature                                   
                                  
                                  Shalom my dear                                   Chaverim, Talmidim, v' Rabbanim, friends,                                   students, and fellow rabbis. An oneg,                                   joy-filled, Shabbat this coming weekend to all.                                   HAPPY 2013! May we merit to know a complete                                   Shalom beyond human comprehension!                                   
                                  For this series, we                                   are studying Perek Shira. It will be fun and light                                   and short for those that wish it to                                   be, as well as deep and involved from those who                                   like to delve into our traditions                                   texts.
                                                                    Perek Shira is 6                                   chapters long with verses of various heavenly                                   and earthly bodies, plants and creatures singing                                   praises to God. If you would like, consider the                                   phrase the entity is singing, and ascribe to it                                   what the entity is trying to teach us... about                                   what traits to mirror and what traits to avoid.                                   More on the text is found in the first                                   class.
                                                                    
                                  ''The SHEAVES of                                   WHEAT are singing DEREK ERETZ AND GREAT IS                                   PEACE: 'A song of ascents: Out of the depths                                   have I cried to you, O God.' (Ps. 130:1) [Perek                                   Shira: 3:7, Nature's Song].''                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               What attributes of WHEAT would you like for                                   yourselves and your children to process?