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R. Aviva Richman: Words That Make Or Break Our World

Ta Shma

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Is There a Mizva to Go to the Kohain?

There's a miva to go to the kohain, and amizva to tell the kohen to speak. The act of narration that's described here comes up the intersection of confidence and humility. In this relational speech act between the home owner and the cohen, there's two individuals who are mutually invested in a shared outcome. There's mutual awareness of their own contingencies and how they need each other to achieve this outcome.

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