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A Coat of Many Colors
Racheli Moskowitz
Every Shabbat, Racheli Moskowitz teaches her five-year-old the Parshat Hashavua. When she gently told him
about the sale of Yosef, he protested with angry and tearful eyes. “How could they do this to their brother?
That’s not nice!” In response, Racheli wrote a poem for him – a tikkun, a fixing, for the sale of Yosef.
ַ עַ ֵּ ק ַּ פַ ְתְּ ִמָ ֹוּלי ִמָ ְרְ ַתְּ ְוּ ה ָכָ ָרְ ֲעַ ַּ מָ ַה ֵמָ רְ ַזַ ָחֶ יִנָ ְּ בֶ My son returned from battle, his duffel bursting
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.ֹוּל י ִּ תְּ ְזַ ַרְ ָאָ יִנָ ֲאָ אָ ּ ֶ �שֶׁ ה ָמָ ל ָּ כָ ִמָ With things I had not packed for him.
ה ָנָי ִטִ ְנָ ֶּגֶּ ְרְ ַאָ ֵמָ ה ָּ ל ִה ְק ה ָמָ ְרְ ָּ תְּ ֶ �שֶׁ םִי ַּ בֶ ְרְ ַּגֶּ Socks donated by a community in Argentina
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רְ ֵחֶ ַאָ תְִּי ַּ בֶ ַחֶי ֵרְ ְּ בֶ תְּ ֶצֶ ֶּ בֶ ֻ �שֶׁ ְמָ ה ָכָי ִמָ ְשֶׁ A quilted blanket smelling like someone else’s home
בֶ ָ �שֶֹׁוּ ּ מָ ַה ֵמָ ה ָחֶ ָּ פַ ְ �שֶׁ ִּ מָ ִמָ ה ָּ ל ֻחֶ ְּ כָ תְּ ֶבֶ ֶּגֶּ ַמָ A blue towel from a family from the moshav
םִי ַל ָ �שֶּׁוּרְְּי ִמָ תְּי ִצֶי ִצֶ Tzitzit from Jerusalem
ק ֵטִ-יי ַה תְּ ַרְ ְבֶ ֶחֶ תְּ ַנָ ְּ תְּ ַמָ זַי ִל ְּ פַ A fleece jacket, gifted by a high-tech company
ה ָ �שֶׁי ִ �שֶׁ ְק ה ָגֶּ ְרְ ָּ סָּ ֶ �שֶׁ ףי ִעַ ָצֶ A scarf knitted by an elderly lady
סָּ ְקֹוּ ּ בֶיי ֵּ פַ תְּ ַצֶּוּבֶ ְּ ק ִמָ ּוּנָ ְק ִּנָ ֶ �שֶׁ תְֹּוּּי ִפַּוּּגֶּ Undershirts purchased from a Paybox group
רְ ֵבֶ ָחֶ ֹוּל ן ַתְּ ָּנָ ֶ �שֶׁ ןי ִדִ ָסָּ A sheet that was given to him by a friend
תְֹּוּרְ ָעַ ְנָ ּוּנָ ָּ ק ֶ �שֶׁ תְֹּוּפַ ָפַ ְּ כָ Gloves bought by teenage girls
.תְּ ֵתְּ ָל �שֶׁ ֵּ ק ִבֶּוּ אָ ָּ בֶ ֶ �שֶׁ ּוּה ֶ �שֶׁי ִמָ ל ֶ �שֶׁ ןֹוּרְ ֲאָ ֵמָ לי ִעַ ְמָ A jacket from the closet of someone who came and wanted to give.
םי ִגֶּי ִרְ ֲאָ ָה ל ָּ כָ תְּ ֶאָ תְּ ֶסָּ ֶרְֹוּ ּ פַ I spread out all of these garments
.ה ָ �שֶׁ ָדִ ֲחֶ םי ִּ סָּ ַּ פַ תְּ ֶנָֹוּתְּ ְּ כָ תְּ ֶמָ ֶקֹוּרְ ְוּ And weave together a new coat of many colors.
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.ךָי ֶחֶ ַאָ ךָ ְל ּוּבֶ ְרְ ָעַ ,ף ֵסָֹּוּי ה ֵאָ ְרְ See, Yosef, your brothers were there for you.
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