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Comments (0)What can the age-old concept of mitzvah mean for us today? Does it possess relevance that can inspire, even ignite, us? We live in a world which celebrates autonomy, self-determination, and guidance coming from within. Can the concept of mitzvah, which classically is understood as ‘commandment’, an ‘obligation’, an urgency coming from without, remain compelling, even central, to our lives? And how would it be incorporated into our understanding of Judaism and environmentalism? I wish to argue that not only can the concept of mitzvah be compelling for us today, but that it already is. We need to acknowledge it and name it and bring it to the fore. Mitzvah, it seems to me, is degraded and flattened when translated as commandment. It becomes static, two-dimensional; it loses context, passion and purpose in such a translation. It becomes something… read more
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the call and response of mitzvah
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