The winners of our first contest were announced on Thursday - mazal tov to them all, and the many others who participated and received extra credit in Halacha. We are already into our second contest. This month's passage is "קרוב ד' לכל קוראיו לכל אשר יקראוהו באמת." Good luck to all.
Below, I have copied the winning poem, written by Ayala Schnaidman. I will post some other winners over the next few days. They were responding to "מודים אנחנו לך...על ניסך שבכל יום עמנו" Enjoy.
The Inquisitive Child
The inquisitive child,
A question he once asked
“Father,” he said
Why does G-d seem to be masked?
We learned in school
Of the manna the Jews ate
Why does food now
Not fall onto my plate?
And the victory of the Macabees
Who were oh-so small
Why do I see the masses
Rule over us all?
Such miracles as these
Haven’t been shown again
Does G-d not love us now
As he loved the Jews then?”
And the father looked at his son
And took his small hand
“My child,” he said
“Do you not understand?
It’s a miracle that
You can walk and play
G-d gave you muscles
So you can move today
And the fact the your brain
Has the power to learn
And you realized a problem
That gave you concern
So you may not see wonders
As those in the Holy Book
But the miracles are everywhere
If you know how to look
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