Spinning Wheel

Hillel was one of the wise,
spinning Babylonian captivity
into Rabbinic tradition.

The Jews were sent into a foreign
land that was a former home,
cradle of all.

Was the Talmud and the Torah
the foundations of life?
Spinning culture into dreams
of cooperation,
gentile and Jew.

There are even stories of
both exchanging gifts on the
others' holidays.

Did Aramaic bridge the
language traditions?

Did a "debir" tell of your
future? Did you long to hear?
Do the writings of Samuel outlast
the parts of the Babylonian Talmud
embraced by the Orthodox?