Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32), Aleppo Codex

From the silence of the night I heard a clamor, Like the clank of chains of bondage, the sound of linked fetters Jangling each other— The heavens opened, And suddenly a great flood of light burst…

Aged woolen women, like old siddurim—moldy, mossy Bound in coarse canvas; Pointless bellies dangling after them like empty sacks, Dried-out breasts, like horseradish roots, swaying back and forth.…

Rehoboam:You have no ambition to govern . . . I know you, Ephraimite. [ . . . ] Speak like a man, Jeroboam! What did you come to look for in Israel? Why didn’t you stay in Egypt? And don’t say you…