#22 Vayakhel  (Maqam Hossieni)

Maqam Hosseini - from the Arabic 'Hosn' meaning 'beauty' or 'splendor;' this Maqam is often associated with the giving of the Torah or the building of the Tabernacle. Hosseini is a pathway of Maqam Bayat.

On the Heels

On the heels of the molten beast

build

he then gathered together 

the entire community.

We had gathered against his brother

make us a god who shall go before us

for that man 

who brought us out?

-- we don’t know what happened to him.

We made a molten beast 

The building -- a sign of healing

we have been forgiven our slip 

with the molten beast.

The big Healing came to us through the artist

it was the artist who healed the wound.   

[v’asu betzalel v’oholiav v’khol chakham lev asher natan Hashem chokham ut’vunah ladat laasot] Exodus 36:1