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commitment "to do and to
hear" i.e. behavior would
preceed understanding. The
Sh'ma is one of the central
prayers in Jewish liturgy. It is
obvious that the unity of God
is an idea requiring much
more than hearing.
The next two words in the
opening sentence, hukim and
mishpatim indicate a subtle
aspect of the Jewish mind.
Mishpatim, in many ways
are commandments derived
through man's intellectual
faculties. From a Jewish
standpoint, the process of
reasoning is as holy as the
resultant understanding. The
Jewish mind does not lend
itself easily to unanswered
questions. That is why there
are markedly fewer hukim
(commandments without
reason) than mishpatim.
The laws relating to the red
heifer are primary examples
of hukim. From their inabili-
ty to derive reasonable ex-
planations for them, the rab-
bis concluded that hukim
were simply to be obeyed
without question. This subtle
balance between diligently
seeking answers and occa-
sionally submitting without
question tells much about
Judaism. It has been said
that we have survived
because we know when to be
a hammer and when to be an
anvil.
Somewhat further on in
Chapter 4 we are reminded of
what could be argued as one
of the central concepts in
Judaism, the covenant (brit).
Here we see that there is a
relationship between God and
the Jewish people, and we are
shown the nature of that rela-
tionship. It is obvious that
God has sought out the
Jewish people and that we
have responded.
Deuteronomy is like a
Reader's Digest version of the
entire Torah; it appears to
chronicle an ongoing attempt
for God and man to com-
municate and connect with
Shabbat
Vaetchanan
Deuteronomy
3:23-7:11
Isaiah 40:1-26
each other. Sometimes, the at-
tempt succeeds and some-
times it fails. By viewing the
Torah in this way, we are
freed from the need for
literalism. Concepts and
literary devices such as myth,
legend, prose, poetry, and
metaphor become artistic
means of describing the rela-
tionship between man and
God.
In no way should this view
of the Torah lessen its divini-
ty. Indeed, art is the highest
evidence of the eistence of
God, especially if the motiva-
tion of the artist is divinely
inspired. The Torah has been
likened to an onion with
many layers. As we remove
each layer, timeless truths
will be revealed that will
enhance each of our lives. 111
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Amsterdam (JTA) — A
Protestant congregation in
rural Holland has finally
agreed to part with a meno-
rah that once belonged to a
Jewish couple who died in
the Holocaust. The con-
gregation, in the Rhine
village of Alphen near the
German border, has agreed
to donate the artifact to the
Yad Vashem Holocaust mu-
seum in Jerusalem.
In exchange, it will receive
a replica of a large menorah
now at Yad Vashem.
The agreement is the
result of delicate negotia-
tions by the Israeli ambas-
sador to the Netherlands,
Michael Bawly.
When the Nazis occupied
Holland in 1940, the Jewish
couple in Alphen hid their
menorah under the floor of
the local synagogue. They
were soon deported and
perished, as did every Jew-
ish family of that village.
The synagogue, therefore,
was not restored after the
war. The building was ac-
quired by the Protestant
congregation in 1955, but
the buried menorah was
found only in 1980.
The only surviving Jew
from Alphen, a woman now
living in Israel, insisted it
should be given to Israel.
The church refused, saying
the menorah was a gift from
the nephew of the couple
who buried it, their sole sur-
viving heir.
Amsterdam's Ashkenazic
rabbi, Lody van de Kamp,
set up a committee to get it
restored to Jewish owner-
ship. The Israeli envoy then
intervened to defuse an emo-
tional quarrel.