The Morning Scroll

Parashat Chukat, July 7th

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Wondering if a snake is poisonous? Follow this simple rhyme:
 
"Snake on a pole? You will be whole.
Serpent of brass? The sickness will pass.
But if the snake that you have found
Is made of meat and on the ground
And no brass serpent is around —
You are going to die."


—Ancient Hebrew Proverb

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