Parsha Poster #39 – Chukat: Anger management And God spoke to Moshe, saying: “Take t

Parsha Poster #39 – Chukat: Anger management

And God spoke to Moshe, saying: “Take the staff, and assemble the community, you, and Aharon your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes and it will give its water; and you will bring water to them out of the rock; so you will give the community and their cattle drink.” And Moshe took the staff from before God, as He commanded him. And Moshe and Aharon gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them: “Listen, you rebels; are we to bring you water out of this rock?” And Moshe lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his staff twice; and much water came out, and the community drank, and their cattle. And God said to Moshe and Aharon: “Because you didn’t believe in Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
— Num. 20:7-12

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Why Moses Left

I watched a sheep die today.
Its pupils shrank and it collapsed
into a thicket.

There it was, a still creature
covered in wool and sweat—
a staff-rod away from the watering hole.

The flies started to eat its belly

               so I burned it.

Aaron Samuels is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Blavity, a digital community for Black Millennials.  When he is not at Blavity, Aaron is a writer, a nationally touring speaker, and an acclaimed facilitator of critical identity discussions. His debut collection of poetry, Yarmulkes & Fitted Caps was released on Write Bloody Publishing in fall 2013. Aaron Samuels is Black and Jewish.