The Ever-Repeated Story (Covenant & Conversation, Bamidbar)
The Office of Rabbi Sacks
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The Story of Moses Prelude to Act 5
The Jewish people keep repeating the story told five times in the Torah. God creates order, humans create chaos; bad things happen, then God and Israel begin again. One way or another, it's no coincidence that bemer by usually proceeds to reward the anniversary of the giving of the Torah at Sinai. Each year as we prepare for Shreward by reading Parshad Bumid Bo'wee here, God's call is a freedom that honors order and a social order that honors human freedom. There really is no other way.
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