3: To know that He is one

The Book of Knowledge
Fundamentals of Torah
To know that He is one (Deu 6:4)

            a SERAPH and a HUMAN
            the HUMAN is portrayed by one person
            the SERAPH is portrayed by a chorus of 100,00 actors who speak as one

SERAPH
do you love me?

HUMAN
yes

SERAPH
have you loved me always?

HUMAN
yes

SERAPH
will you love me forever?

HUMAN
yes

SERAPH
am i all you’ve ever and will ever loved?

HUMAN
my soul is beating at its cage

the HUMAN splits in two
now two actors portray the HUMAN and speak as one

SERAPH
love me

HUMAN
yes

SERAPH
love me

HUMAN
yes

SERAPH
love me

the HUMAN splits again
now four actors speak as one

HUMAN
my heart is a copper flame wrought in heaven

SERAPH
do you love me?

HUMAN
yes
            the HUMAN splits again
yes
            the HUMAN splits again
yes
            the HUMAN splits again
            the HUMAN keeps splitting through the following text
            every time new actors appear they join in the text
my groin is in my chest my legs are in my eyes my mouth is in my left knee my right knee is in my spleen i have seen men suck eyeballs from the dead i have seen Death stretch it’s shadowhand across the valley of my mind i have seen that valley spoil in the summer and rot in the snow i have seen snow and wept at the sight i have hardened my heart so no hail could pierce me so no piercing cry could be heard no matter the screaming but i have never known tenderness i have never known the gentle sun across my buttocks have never known the sheepskin covering my chest in the cold i have never known my body until you scrambled me up into a tangle of kidneys ears toenails breasts lungs veins marrow hair eyes lovely eyes your lovely eyes every one of your eyes
            by this point the HUMAN is as numerous as the SERAPH
do you love me?

SERAPH
yes

HUMAN
have you loved me always?

SERAPH
yes

HUMAN
will you love me forever?

             the HUMAN and the SERAH embrace
            a sanctified orgy
             hundreds of thousands of bodies kissing touching groping exploring
             all delineation between the two entities undone
            the performers no longer speak in unison but cacophonously cry out-

HUMAN & SERAPH
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

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