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<DIV>Sometimes you hear someone articulate what for you is an inchoate
( imperfectly formed or formulated ) inner voice. In
the attached audio link, you'll find
a
beautiful (IMHO) articulation of one of my favorite themes combining the
Rav (<SPAN class=311264012-15052009>R'YBS </SPAN>among others) [our mutual
covenant of destiny ] and Thomas Cahill (Gift of the Jews) and the concepts of
cyclical (halachik) time {clock related} and historical {covenantal} time. While
we may be good at the clock stuff (e.g. daily prayers) where do we
stand in our role as members of a people who have a covenantal destiny (e.g.
bringing the ultimate redemption)? <BR><BR>Why did Jews stop recording history
in any real way after churban? Perhaps we became cyclical and lost
our historical/<WBR>prophetic voice – Rabbis Hirsch, Kook and
Soloveitchik all were moving back to covenantal/propheti<WBR>c
approach which hadn’t been seen in millennia <BR><BR>His charge to us:
build a modern (chochma) chesed society in Israel but listen to the music of
time (The Rav called this – "God's psak through history ") and always ask
– what does God want of me/us (as individuals and as members of a covenantal
community) now? <BR><BR><A
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<BR><BR>Kol Tuv, <BR>Joel Rich</DIV>
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