On Moses' Servitude, Eve's Rebellion, God as Creator & the Death of President James Heller
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While I am aware that we read Kohelet this Shabbat, I’m going to talk about V’Zot HaBeracha given that we will be reading it on Simchat Torah, which is very soon. Here’s what I realized: V’Zot HaBeracha is actually a bookend! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s a literary term. Think about ‘The Wizard of Oz’. The movie begins in black and white. Then Dorothy travels to the Land of Oz and everything is thrust into color. When she’s back in Kansas, it all goes back to black. (This is also beautifully done in the 2004 version of The Phantom of the Opera- see the intro
On Moses' Servitude, Eve's Rebellion, God as Creator & the Death of President James Heller
On Moses' Servitude, Eve's Rebellion, God as…
On Moses' Servitude, Eve's Rebellion, God as Creator & the Death of President James Heller
While I am aware that we read Kohelet this Shabbat, I’m going to talk about V’Zot HaBeracha given that we will be reading it on Simchat Torah, which is very soon. Here’s what I realized: V’Zot HaBeracha is actually a bookend! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s a literary term. Think about ‘The Wizard of Oz’. The movie begins in black and white. Then Dorothy travels to the Land of Oz and everything is thrust into color. When she’s back in Kansas, it all goes back to black. (This is also beautifully done in the 2004 version of The Phantom of the Opera- see the intro