perek shira:                                   
                                  song of nature                                   
                                   
                                  Shalom my dear                                   Chaverim, Talmidim, v' Rabbanim, friends,                                   students, and fellow rabbis. An oneg,                                   joy-filled, Shabbat this coming weekend to all.                                   
                                  For this series, we                                   are studying Perek Shira. It will be fun and light                                   and short for those that wish it to                                   be, as well as deep and involved from those who                                   like to delve into our traditions                                   texts.
                                                                    Perek Shira is 6                                   chapters long with verses of various heavenly                                   and earthly bodies, plants and creatures singing                                   praises to God. If you would like, consider the                                   phrase the entity is singing, and ascribe to it                                   what the entity is trying to teach us... about                                   what traits to mirror and what traits to avoid.                                   More on the text is found in the first                                   class.
                                                                     ''The SECOND of                                   Eight ROOSTERS sings: 'Lift up your heads, O                                   gates! And be lifted up, O everlasting doors!                                   And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this                                   King of glory? God strong and mighty, God mighty                                   in battle!' (Ps. 24:7-8) [Perek Shira 4:2,                                   Nature's Song].                                                                      
                                   
                                  What can one learn from a ROOSTER? Boker                                   TovAdoodledoo!!