Sanctifying the Name (Rabbi Sacks on Emor, Covenant & Conversation)
The Office of Rabbi Sacks
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Galila Laha, Far Be It From You to Do Such a Thing
God and the people of god must be associated with justice. The sages suggested that abraham was referring to the same idea when he alenge god on his plan to destroy sodom and gomarra. If this meant punishing the righteous as well as the wicked, galila laha, far be it from you to do such a thing. Galila laga means, they said, it would be ahill hashem. But ezekiel saw it as a tragedy for god also. In other words, exile was a hilla shame desecration of god's name. What looks like retribution to the israelites looks like weakness to the world in the eyes of the
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