InteGRATion into GRATeFULLness
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TAMAR

2007_03_22

lyrics and tune: Christa-Rachel Bat-Adam German translation rediscovered in the morning after 11-11-11

Bist Du Priesterin? - Nein, nicht Priesterin! Bist Prophetin? - Nein, das nicht. Warum denn also strahlst du so, so wie Feuer, Loewin, Du? Weib von Eer, das war Tamar. Eer (der Wache) strafte seinen Namen Luegen und starb. Wo ist die Heil-Buhle, sagte Tamars Schwieger, sauber von Suende. Bewaehrter* bist als ich - Du! Erkannt ich Dich, Du Schwester Braut **! Der Heil-Buhle Mut gebar Messias' Vater - da, ER kommt... * Luther: "gerechter" ** achot-kalah, Ausdruck aus dem Hohen Lied, kalah bedeutet aber auch Schwiegertochter. "ER erkannte sie nicht mehr," steht im Text

This song can only be understood, if the strange, outrageous chapter 38 in Genesis is studied into depth.
See "Megilat Tamar" in the context of
"The HIDDEN FEMALE THREAD of REDEMPTION in the BIBLE"
Some research - with concern to the metaphor of "giving birth to twins",
can be seen in the Appendix to the song for my oldest friend: Yanina.

Sentences or passages coloured in red present the background to this song

Genesis, chapter 38 1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again bore a son, and called his name Shelah; [The woman without name is "the daughter of Shua" = Bat-Shua, a symbolic reference to Bat-Sheva, the mother of the "Son of David", i.e. the Messiah She is the one who gives Onan and Shela their names , unlike in the case of ER and unlike the usage at that time!] and he was at Chezib, when she bore him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar. 7 And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. 8 And Judah said unto Onan: 'Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.' 9 And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of the LORD; and He slew him also. 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law:

'Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up'; for he said: 'Lest he also die, like his brethren.' And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. 12 And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying: 'Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.' 14 And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entrance of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said: 'Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee'; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said: 'What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?' 17 And he said: 'I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock.' And she said: 'Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?' 18 And he said: 'What pledge shall I give thee?' And she said: 'Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand.' And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

19 And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20 And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand; but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying: 'Where is the harlot, that was at Enaim by the wayside?' And they said: 'There hath been no harlot here.' 22 And he returned to Judah, and said: 'I have not found her; and also the men of the place said: There hath been no harlot here.' 23 And Judah said: 'Let her take it, lest we be put to shame; behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.'

24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying: 'Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by harlotry.' And Judah said: 'Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.' 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying: 'By the man, whose these are, am I with child'; and she said: 'Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.' 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said: 'She is more righteous than I; forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son.' And he knew her again no more. 27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying: 'This came out first.' 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold his brother came out; and she said: 'Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself?' Therefore his name was called Perez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zerah.

The mystery of the story about Tamar, the holy whore,
finds its hidden solution in the descendants of Ruth,
whose husband Boaz is a descendant of Tamar:
from Tamar to Boaz~Ruth to David, the symbol of the Messias.
See my research on
"The HIDDEN FEMALE THREAD of REDEMPTION in the BIBLE",
the sculpture about Tamar and about Ruth and about Peretz

Ruth chapter 4, end 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said: 'We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in Beth-lehem; 12 and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.' 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.......... 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying: 'There is a son born to Naomi'; and they called his name Obed; he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron; 19 and Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab; 20 and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon; 21 and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed; 22 and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.

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2010

2010_04_11 - Mika's Heaven on Earth Since August 1, 2009, I employ song-page after song-page for documenting and exploring the evolution of Mika my youngest grandchild, whose assignment seems to be: to demonstrate to humankind by her own living and doing, how to playfully create from moment to moment "zest-fully and full-filled" [see previous composition]

"....Manifestation is meant to be a playground
where being and doing are fun..."
[Godchannel, Second Interview with the Folks]

Since Mika's thread has reached SongGame 2007_03_17,
I've been creating a more comprehensive composition than before:
Not only a sculpture made up of Mika's personal, individual being ~ playing ~ living
but a composition of the major experiences of her family -on this planet -at this time.
This will include scenes in the recent past, from Immanuel's album [since 2010_01_01]
and relevant e-mail quotes from Abraham or quotes from other nourishing sources.

Already the next day, on March 5, Immanuel's goes again on a biking tour , this time again around Kibbutz Be'eri

There is space just for one scene with Mika, also in nature, also in spring, also with her father , see more on the next page