The Deep Power of Joy (Re'eh, Covenant & Conversation)
The Office of Rabbi Sacks
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The Joy of the Land of Israel
Joy isn't the first word that naturally comes to mind when we think of Judaism as a moral code or the tear stained pages of Jewish history. Yet in truth what shines through so many of the Psalms is pure radiant joy. The root Samach appears once each in Genesis Exodus Leviticus numbers but 12 times in Devarim seven of them in our parasha. What Moses says again and again is that joy is what we should feel in the land of Israel, the land given to us by God. It will be there said Moses that the entire tangled narrative of Jewish history would become lucid.
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