aish zarah

the gold menorah's holy through and through
a symbol of the tabernacle cult
 illuminating for one vested Jew
exactly what it is that deus vult
combustion thereon's just a flame profane
ignited ere the Presence there abode
relit each eventide come sun or rain
to execute the Levitical code
mizbeach gets ignition from on High
that wasn't struck by any mortal hand
the flame the Levites must never let die
the Sanctuary's most enduring brand
distinctive fires the Cohanim arrange
and who's to say which one of them is "strange"