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R. Elie Kaunfer: Who By Fire? The Most Controversial Prayer in Jewish Life

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Yiftach's Vow, Whatever Comes Out of My House, I'm Going to Sacrifice to Hashem

In Judges, Yiftach made the following vow to Hashem: If you deliver the Ammonites into my hands, then whatever comes out of the door of my house will be offered by me as a burnt offering. The folly of Yiftah in that he makes a vow,Whatever comes out of my house, I'm going to sacrifice to God, is a stand-in for so much of what we do on Rashishad and Yom Kippur,. which is to pay attention to the folly of the words that we say.

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