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The following is from the new translation of the Hirsch Chumash.<br><br>
Bereishis <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=6><b>46
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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>Yisrael set out with
everything that he had and he came to Be’er Sheva, and he offered meal
offerings to the God of his father Yitzchak.<br><br>
</i></b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>That is why
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>Korban
Shlamim</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>, the “peace
offering” of a family life blessed<br>
by God, is a distinctively Jewish offering. The idea of being
absorbed<br>
in God, being devoted to God, dawns also on non-Jewish minds. But<br>
the idea that everyday life can become so thoroughly pervaded by the<br>
spirit of God that one can eat and drink and, while doing so, behold<br>
God (cf. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>Shemos
</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>24:11); the idea that all
our family rooms become<br>
temples, our tables altars, and our young men and young women
priests<br>
and priestesses – this spiritualization of everyday private life is a
unique<br>
contribution of Judaism.<br><br>
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