I am Planting Music and Lyrics by Miriam Brosseau & Alan Jay Sufrin

Here, in the earth that fashioned Eve 1

Here they planted for meHere, where understanding grew 2

I’m planting for youUp here an olive branch was seen 3

Here they planted for meUnder skies where colors flew 4

I’m planting for youKi heichi d’shatlei li avahatai (as my ancestors planted for me)Shatlei nami livra’i (so now I plant for my children) 5

From here, a voice burned in the leaves 6

Here they planted for meA call to lead our people through7

I’m planting for youRight here, Deborah came to teach 8

Here they planted for meBeneath her tree they sought the truthI’m planting for youKi heichi...

Shir hama’a lot (a song of ascents) 9

Someone dreamed the world for meB’shuv adoshem (when the Lord brought back)Now I am dreaming it for youEt shivat tzion (those that returned to Zion)Take the world, and dream anewHayinu k’cholmim, k’cholmim (we were as dreamers, as dreamers)Ki heichi... (x2)

Moses at the Burning Bush6

ה ה, ומ�ש� י ה ה ת ר�ע� רו צ�אן-א� ית�נו ן--ח�ת� ן כ�ה� י ד� ג; מ� �ה נ� י� �ת ו צ�אן-א� � הר �ר אח ב ד� מ� �ב�א, ה י �ל ו ר-א� �ים ה לה� א) ה

ה ב א  .ח�ר� ר י� �ך ו �א ל� �ה מ הו יו י� ל ,א�ת �ב �ל ש-ב� תוך--א� ה מ� נ� ס� �א; ה ר� �י � ,וה נ� ה� ה ו� נ� ס� �ר ה ש ב�ע� א� ה, ב נ� ס� �ה ,ו�נו ינ� ל א� כ .א/

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the farthest end of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed…

7ה ת �ע ה ו� כ ך, ל� ח2 ל ש� א� ל ו� ע�ה-א� ר� � ;פא הוצ� ת ו� י-א� מ� �י ע נ� ל-ב� א� ר ,יש�

ים ר צ� מ�  .מ�

Come now therefore, and I

9Return from Babylonian Exile

(ב. ה)מ()ע&לו#ת, ש��יר /ה ב(.ש�ו .הו ,י(ו#ן ש��יב)ת-א0ת (   -- צ�י ,ה/יינו

ים �(.ח#ל.מ .כA Song of Ascents. When Adonai brings Zion out of captivity (from Babylonian exile in the 6th century B.C.E.) – we will be like dreamers.

Psalms 126:1

Noah’s Ark: Dove with Olive Branch and Rainbow

3ב�א ת �יו ו ל ה א� יונ �ת ה ע� ב ל� ר� ה, ע� נ� ה� ו�ה ל� ית-ע2 �ף ז ר יה ט פ� ע; ב� �ד י� � ,נ�ח� ו

י לו-כ� �ים ק �מ �ל ה �ע ץ מ� אר�  .ה

And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

4ה ת י� ה ת ו� ש� ק� �ן, ה נ ע יה; ב� ית� א� ,ור�

כ�ר ז� ית ל� ר� ם ב� ין, עול ים ב� לה� ין, א) וב�ל ש-כ פ� ה נ� י �ל ח כ ר-ב� ש ר ב ש� א2ל �ץ-ע אר� .ה

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 8:11 & 9:16

Judge Deborah and Palm Tree8

יאה ב� ה נ� ש ה א� בור ת, וד� ש� א�ידות פ� �ת--ל ה א� ט יא ש�פ� ל-ה� א� ר ,יש�

יא ה� �ת ה ע� ת  .ב ב� יא יוש� ה� ו�ת �ח �ה-ת בור ר ד� ין, ת�מ� ה וב� מ ר ין ה ב�ית ל-ב� ים--א� ר פ� ר א� �ה יה; ב� ל� לו א� ע2 �י � ו

ל א� ר י יש� נ� ט, ב� פ ש� מ� �.ל

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time. And she sat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

Judges 4: 4-5

Choni and the Carob Tree5

אמר: מי איכא דניים שבעין שנין בחלמא? יומא חד הוה אזל באורחא, חזייה לההוא גברא דהוה נטע חרובא, אמר ליה: האי, עד כמה שנין טעין? - אמר ליה: עד שבעין

שנין. - אמר ליה: פשיטא לך דחיית שבעין שנין? - אמר ליה: האי ]גברא[ עלמא בחרובא אשכחתיה, כי היכי דשתלי לי אבהתי - שתלי נמי לבראי. יתיב, קא כריך

ריפתא, אתא ליה שינתא, נים. אהדרא ליה משוניתא, איכסי מעינא, ונים שבעין שנין. כי קם חזייה לההוא גברא דהוא קא מלקט מינייהו. אמר ליה: את הוא דשתלתיה? -

אמר ליה: בר בריה אנא. אמר ליה: שמע מינה דניימי שבעין שנין.

R' Yochanan said: This righteous man (Choni) was throughout his whole life troubled about the meaning of the verse (Psalms 126), “A Song of Ascents, When Hashem will return the captivity of Zion, we will be like dreamers.” Is it possible for a man to dream continuously for seventy years? One day he (Choni) was journeying on the road and he saw a man planting a carob tree. He asked him, “How long does it take for this tree to bear fruit?” “In about 70 years,” answered the man. “But you are so old, you will never taste its fruit.” “You are right, but I have eaten the fruit of trees that have been planted before I was born. I plant for my daughters and sons, granddaughters and grandsons.” Choni sat down to have a meal and sleep overcame him. As he slept a rocky formation enclosed upon him which hid him from sight and he continued to sleep for seventy years. When he awoke he saw a man gathering the fruit of the carob tree and he asked him, Are you the man who planted the tree? The man replied: I am his grandson. Thereupon he exclaimed: It is clear that I slept for seventy years." Bavli Ta’anit 23a-b

Babylonian Talmud, Ta’anit 23b

Garden of Eden: Eve and the Tree of Knowledge

1

ת ים א� לה� א א ר� ב י� מו-ו� ל צ� ם ב אד� ,ה� א א�תו ר� ים ב� לה� ם א ל� צ� ה  :ב ב� �ק ר ונ כ� ,ז�

ם א א�ת� ר�  .ב�And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.

2י כ� ל ו� כ א2 �מ ץ ל� ע� י טוב ה ה כ� ש א� א ה ר� ת� � ו

ה ו א2 �ים-ת �ינ ע� ץ, הוא ל ע� ד ה מ ח� נ� ו�יל כ� ש� �ה יו, ל� ר� פ� ח מ� �ק ת� �ל, ו �ת�אכ �ן; ו ת� ת� � ו

ם �ה-ג מ ה ע� יש א� ל, ל� �י�אכ �ה  .ו נ ח� �ק פ ת� � ,ום יה� נ� י ש� ינ� עו, ע� ד� י� �ם, ו ם ה� מ� יר/ י ע� כ�

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked…

Genesis 1:27, 3:6-7

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