Today is a day of many a first For trying new tricks, with some trust Which is why, you will see, that this speech is in verse For I was told, a new thing is a must. So please excuse if it’s clumsy Please excuse if I slip Understand that I’m just not well-trained I will try not to mumble I will try not to trip I have no expertise here to claim. But beyond my own wish to take part in this tryst Of new things with some nerves and some glory This is the perfect portion for poetic distortion To tell Torah as an epic love story. Now this may sound strange, but I swear it sincere That with heart and with ear just refined The whole Torah can seem to an eye that is keen As a romance with the Divine. It has love, it has loss; it has drama, intrigue, It has character growth and deceit, It has pain, it has hope, it has sadness and glee So hold on to the edge of your seat. Here we are, here today, at the scene of Sinai At what mig