FEATURED JOBS
Comments (0)I had reason recently to read again the first line of the stunning, soaring, disturbing poem that Moses dramatically proclaims to the people Israel as his farewell address. (Deuteronomy 32) In another day, he will walk to the mountaintop, see the land his people will enter without him, and die. He opens his song to his people with the following words: “Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Listen well, land, to the words of my mouth.” Rashi asks the obvious question: if Moses is speaking to the Jewish people, why does he begin by addressing the heavens and the earth? The great teacher explains: Moses is reminding Israel, in fact warning Israel, that the heavens and earth will be witnesses to his exhortation, and to the Israelites behavior. Moses himself is flesh and blood and will die.… read more
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