#30 Qedoshim  (Maqam Saba)

Maqam - a set of notes, with traditions that define the relationship between them, their patterns and expression.  A musical mode.  The Maqamat (plural) are patient, inwardly drawn, they are roomy enough for poetry. We worked the concept of the give-and-take between poetry and music.

Don’t Hate and Don’t Carry 

Rabbi Akiva told me  this is a major rule in the Torah --

love your friend as [you love] yourself                      [Lev.19:18]

The verse before:

you shall not hate your brother in your heart

you shall surely rebuke your neighbor

and not carry sin because of him   [Lev.19:17].

You shall not hate your brother to

you shall surely rebuke your neighbor

not carry sin because of your neighbor

to: love.

Only love has that kind of power to heal.

We come to love

Moving through

don’t hate

surely rebuke

don’t carry someone else’s sin

don’t take vengeance

don’t bear a grudge

only

love --

I am the way of love 

the true healing.