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ohr lagoyim
 
when did this concept in chazal begin?  to which generation  could it
practically have been implied?
was it ever taken  seriously?


....so i guess i don't get when this concept was meant to  be relevant,
practically.
 


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It began long before Chazal, in the time of Avraham Avinu.  (The  concept, 
not the exact words.)  And Yitzchak and Yakov.  "All the  nations of the 
world will be blessed through you."
 
For the incredible moral and intellectual influence the Jews have had on  
the rest of the world  throughout history, see Thomas Cahill's book, *The  
Gifts of the Jews* and read Dennis Prager's review of the book in *First 
Things*  which summarizes the book's main points.
 
 
http://www.firstthings.com/article/1998/11/002-cahills-gift
 
Hirsch in the introduction to his commentary on Tehillim shows that Dovid  
Hamelech meant for Sefer Tehillim to be used as a book of prayer by all the  
nations of the world and indeed, this has come to pass, with Tehillim 
having  been translated into practically every language in the world.
 

--Toby Katz
t613k at aol.com
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