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The Ever-Repeated Story (Covenant & Conversation, Bamidbar)

The Office of Rabbi Sacks

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The Drama of the Torah

The drama is set on the stage of history and it plays itself out through five acts each with multiple scenes. The basic shape of the narrative is roughly the same in all five cases. First God creates order, then humanity creates chaos. Terrible consequences follow. Then God begins again, deeply grieved but never losing his faith in the one life form on which he set his image.

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