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Judaism back issues
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Editor's corner.(Editorial)
September 22, 2006... It is not a mistake. This really is the Fall-Winter 2006 issue, even though the last one was "Summer-Fall 2006" and these are the waning days of Summer 2007. Somewhere along the line, we got out of sync with our publication dates (as librarians keep reminding us).
Getting "in sync" is...
The Passover Haggadah: Moses and the human role in redemption.
September 22, 2006... IT IS WIDELY ACCEPTED THAT THE PASSOVER HAGgadah attributes responsibility for the redemption from Egypt to God alone and leaves no room for a human role. Two proofs are said to confirm this:
* The words of the Haggadah itself: "The Lord brought us out of Egypt not by an angel, not by a...
The Stutterer.(Poem)
September 22, 2006...
And Moses said to the Lord, "Please, 0 Lord, I am not a man of
words... I am heavy of speech and heavy of tongue." (Exodus 4:10)
Of course you stutter, our teacher Moses;
How heavy
Is the Word of God, this mountain
Which leaves you panting
As you carry it on your back and...
The mysterious disappearance of Sarah.
September 22, 2006... ONE OF THE UNRESOLVED MYSTERIES OF THE MIDDLE chapters of the Genesis narrative is the location of one of its central figures--the matriarch Sarah--for over 30 years. (1) The last time Sarah appears alive is in Genesis 21, when she is in her early 90s, dwelling with her husband Abraham and...
The assimilation of Judaism: Heschel and the 'category mistake'.
September 22, 2006...
We may accept or reject [Judaism], but should not distort it.
--Abraham Joshua Heschel (1)
THIS YEAR (2007) MARKS THE CENTENARY OF THE birth of my mentor, Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972). In the years before his death, Heschel had an increasingly pessimistic view of the future...