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NYJW Sabbath Week

How do we narrow the gulf between a hidden God and a revealed God? Why does God choose to hide Himself? One of the thorniest theological issues in Judaism (or any religion) is how to tackle this question of a hidden God or, in more familiar terms, a world which seems absent of God’s goodness […]

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‘Attest” and “protest” — on these two stands of human conscience the civilized world depends. They are central to this week’s reading, Atem Nitzavim: “You stand,” a reference to the way we rise in a courtroom to offer testimony, to tell, as the saying goes, “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” […]

‘So, what’s new about Moses’ death?” Back when I was teaching in Prague, one enthusiastic student loved to tease me about my obsession with the passing of Israel’s greatest teacher. In this fixation I am not alone: The Midrashim testify to subsequent generations’ feeling for Moses’ tragic grandeur. From the outset of Ki Tavo, Moses […]

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