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February 20, 2015 · 4:18 pm. And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. (Exodus 25, 8). As the commentary in Etz Hayim notes: The text does not tell of God dwelling in it, i.e. in the sanctuary, but among them, i.e., among the people of Israel. Similarly, with regard to the First Temple and as memorialized on the Haftorah selection:. In that I will dwell therein among the children of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.’. 8220;שהוא מקומו של עולם ואין עולמו מקומו”. The standa...
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Category Archives: social commentary. July 9, 2016 · 6:23 pm. In defense of jewish universalism and liberalism a rampage. This past week I was assaulted twice by attacks on Jewish Utopianism. I am not blameless. I choose to expose myself to briefings and podcasts that run the gamut of Jewish and political thought, but I was nonetheless taken aback by a similar message from disparate sources all on the same day. Daniel Gordis, during an AIPAC briefing and latter in a Jerusalem Post Op-Ed [i]. I have also ...
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February 20, 2015 · 4:18 pm. And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. (Exodus 25, 8). As the commentary in Etz Hayim notes: The text does not tell of God dwelling in it, i.e. in the sanctuary, but among them, i.e., among the people of Israel. Similarly, with regard to the First Temple and as memorialized on the Haftorah selection:. In that I will dwell therein among the children of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.’. 8220;שהוא מקומו של עולם ואין עולמו מקומו”. The standa...
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April 24, 2016 · 11:45 am. 8211; This is the bread of destitution that our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. We begin the Seder in the vernacular. Aramaic – the lingua Franca of the Middle East and the first international language. These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth w-. N they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven. (Genesis 2:4). ב יו ם, ע ש ו ת י הו ה א ל ה ים–א ר ץ ו ש מ י ם. N they were created – Be He. All the letters require the tongue and this [the...
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February 20, 2015 · 4:18 pm. And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. (Exodus 25, 8). As the commentary in Etz Hayim notes: The text does not tell of God dwelling in it, i.e. in the sanctuary, but among them, i.e., among the people of Israel. Similarly, with regard to the First Temple and as memorialized on the Haftorah selection:. In that I will dwell therein among the children of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.’. 8220;שהוא מקומו של עולם ואין עולמו מקומו”. The standa...
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The first fashion statement →. May 8, 2015 · 4:31 pm. The practice of prayer. Kavanah madlik goes to shul. What’s the logic of repeating the same prayers, daily, weekly and mindlessly? Abraham Joshua Heschel answered this question with a story:. Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays By Abraham Joshua Heschel, Susannah Heschel. Take this as the Jewish version of the idiom:. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. The most obvious example is the Exodus from Egypt. ב רו ך א ת ה ה’ א -ל ה ינו...
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July 9, 2016 · 6:23 pm. In defense of jewish universalism and liberalism a rampage. This past week I was assaulted twice by attacks on Jewish Utopianism. I am not blameless. I choose to expose myself to briefings and podcasts that run the gamut of Jewish and political thought, but I was nonetheless taken aback by a similar message from disparate sources all on the same day. Daniel Gordis, during an AIPAC briefing and latter in a Jerusalem Post Op-Ed [i]. Imagine there’s no countries. And no religion, too.
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April 21, 2016 · 6:40 pm. The evil son exposed. The images in our Haggadah reveal as much about the haggadah and those who used it as any commentary. This is nowhere more apparent than in the diverse renderings of the Rasha; the evil son. My favorite is from a Kibbutz Haggadah. (for a full treatment of this subject see: Rabbi Mishael Zion’s blog post: Wicked: 20th Century Lessons from the Art of the Wicked Child. I have borrowed liberally from this post as well as from Etan Mark’s haggadah. Wicked son as...
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Newer posts →. April 1, 2016 · 12:47 pm. In thy blood do not live. Please feel free to visit previous Madlik posts:. Where I argue that the sin of Strange Fire brought by Aaron’s sons was that they made the service too long! Where I argue that the sin of Nadab and Abihu was of being holier than Thou…. Who said that these two sons of Aaron sinned and that their death was a tragedy? ו י אמ ר מש ה א ל א ה ר ן ה ו א א ש ר ד ב ר ה ל אמ ר ב ק ר ב י א ק ד ש ו ע ל פ נ י כ ל ה ע ם א כ ב ד ו י ד ם א ה ר ן. Never m...
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