The Song that Teaches, the Rock that Holds“Give ear, heavens… let the earth hear.” Ha’azinu turns Torah into music - parallel lines, “brick over brick,” a poem meant to be memorized, sung, and lived. Moses teaches like rain and dew: gentle, steady, life-giving. We sit with the parable of the Eagle who stirs its nest, the Name as Tzur (Rock), and the command to “remember days of old”-how a people survive by telling, retelling, and arguing the story at our own tables. From Berlin’s stones of memory to family debates that keep faith lively, we explore how this song warns against complacency and invites generational courage.
We unpack:
• Shirah as pedagogy: Why Torah becomes a song—form, columns, and the memory science of music
• Rain, dew, and voice: Teaching that lands softly yet sinks deep; what our kids actually absorb
• “The Rock” vs. the moving target: Trust, failure, and what doesn’t shift when everything else does
• Eagle care: Stirring the nest without dropping the fledglings-parenting, leadership, community
• Remembering forward: “Ask your elders…” rituals of memory (and snarky questions) as covenant glue
• Prosperity’s warning: Cycles of strength and softness and how to keep gratitude from going stale
Parshat Ha’azinu 5786
Torah: Deuteronomy 32:1-52 | Haftarah: 2 Samuel 22:1-51
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