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leaving the limitations of
home and reaching out
toward the heavens.
Chanukah, on the other
hand, represents an event of
national, historical signifi-
cance, centered around the
threat to basic Jewish reli-
gious existence by the Greek-
Syrian attempt to forbid such
basic practices as circumci-
sion and the Sabbath, and to
substitute the particularistic
Judea for the universal Hel-
lenism.
Just as the miracle focuses
on the discovery of a solitary
jar of pure olive oil uncon-
taminated by the Greek-Syr-
ians, so too the Jews want to
retain their authenticity,
their purity, few in number
perhaps but with a total com-
mitment to traditional Jew-
ish survival without sacrific-
ing religious principles. The
Maccabeean leader, after all,
is also called Judah.
In plain terms, the Jews of
Chanukah, these sons of Ju-
dah, are those who are more
inward, while the Jews of
Sukkot, the sons of Joseph,
seem far more open to the
world around them.
Sephardic Jewry, with a tra-
dition of Torah giants who
served as ministers, doctors
and financial advisors to
kings, would seem to be in the
Josephic line; while Ashken-
azic Jewry, the Baalei Tosfot
who looked askance at the
cultures they found them-
selves in, would seem to be
more in tune with Judah's
spirit.
But which of these streams,
the inward Judah or the out-
ward Joseph, represents au-
thentic Jewry?
I believe Judaism teaches
that we need both, a working
synthesis between the two.
After all, the calendar con-
tains both festivals, Sukkot
and Chanukah. Furthermore,
Judaism embraces the idea of
two messiahs, one from the
line of Joseph, and one from
the line of Judah (the house
of David) because Judaism
acknowledges both aspects of
existence.
A universal dream needs
the strength of the particular.
Following the path of Joseph,
requires true commitment,
not inner compromises. If a
Jew in Jerusalem falls, he can
more easily rebound because
there is a net underneath
him, the net being the socie-
ty which watches every one of
his moves and cushions his
drop. But if a Jew like Joseph
falls, then there's danger.
Joseph Jews travel the world
without nets, and a fall can
mean broken bones, and even
death. Cosmic dreams mean
no nets. There's the danger as
well as the triumph.
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