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In the Beginning Was a New Idea (opens the original)
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On Simchat Torah we do something strange.We finish a book—and immediately begin reading it again.Not the next day. Not the next week. We take out another Torah scroll and, almost without taking a breath, move from the final words of Deuteronomy to the opening words of Genesis.The Shulchan Arukh describes the practice quite literally:וקורין באחד וזאת הברכה עד ס
And the Earth Will Be Cleansed (opens the original)
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What if the world was not made for us—but we were made for the world?We generally assume that God created the earth for humanity and gave the Land of Israel to the Jewish people. But the ancient and unsettling Song of Ha’Azinu may turn that assumption on its head.Perhaps humanity was created to serve and protect the earth. Perhaps Israel was chosen to serve and protect the Promised Land. Neither humanity nor Israel possesses its home unconditionally. Both are stewards—and both are subject to evi
Forgive Me, for We Have Sinned (opens the original)
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During Selichot and on Yom Kippur, we strike our own chests, but we confess more than our own sins. We say:אֲבָל אֲנַחְנוּ וַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ חָטָאנוּAval anachnu va’avoteinu chatanu.But we and our ancestors have sinned.Why should we confess the sins
Liberation: Personal and Recurring (opens the original)
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There are many ways the Torah could have told the story of the Exodus. It could have begun with Pharaoh’s decree, with Moses at the burning bush, or with the blood on the doorposts. Instead, when the Rabbis chose the biblical text around which to build the telling of the Passover Haggadah, they chose a few verses spoken by a farmer bringing his first fruits to Jerusalem.That choice is even more remarkable because the declaration of the first fruits—Mikra Bikkurim—is one of the Torah’s rare presc
Sing Without a Song (opens the original)
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This week’s haftarah begins with a startling command:רָנִּי עֲקָרָה לֹא יָלָדָהפִּצְחִי רִנָּה וְצַהֲלִי לֹא־חָלָהכִּי־רַבִּ•
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