I Can’t Always — A poem for Parsha Va’etchanan...

The Jewish Journal published a poem titled “I Can’t Always” written for Parsha Va’etchanan. The piece opens by noting that the Rolling Stones song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” was released the year after the author was born.

Parsha Va’etchanan contains Moses’ plea to enter the Land of Israel and the recitation of the Shema. The poem uses the song reference to explore themes of acceptance and limitation in the biblical text.