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he portion assigned for
this week between
Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur, with the
beginning of the Jewish New
Year in the middle of the 10
days of penitence, is a portion
that emphasizes sincere
prayer and meditation and
the experience of the reality
of God.
Haazinu records the dra-
matic moment when Moses,
the great law-giver, had lead
the Israelites through the
desert to the eastern shores
of the Jordan River. He re-
cites a long poem as the con-
clusion of his farewell address
to his people. It is his legacy
to the children of Israel who
are ending this long journey.
Now they were within
sight of the land "flowing
with Milk and Honey," a land
peopled by heathens whose
ways were strange to them
and whose customs were not
theirs. The old leadership had
died. A new generation had
been born in the wilderness,
ready to take over the lead-
ership.
Moses reflects on the ways
in which God had vindicated
Israel. God's loving kindness
and faithfulness are con-
trasted with the faithlessness
and the ingratitude of the
children of Israel. Even as
God is depicted as the loving
Father, so Israel is depicted
as the disobedient child de-
serving of punishment. Still,
God intervenes for Israel.
The poem contrasts the un-
changeable idea of God with
the fickleness of the children
of Israel. God is a God of
faithfulness. God is the God
of justice. God is a god of
moral power with the revela-
tion of divine thought and
purpose coming clearly in
view. God is represented as a
father to whom Israel owes
its existence as a people.
Above all, God cannot al-
low Israel to be destroyed.
The faith of the covenant peo-
ple is forever. The nations
around are simply tools of
God's actions of possessive-
ness. But God's goal is to cre-
ate an evermore loyal and
observant Israel.
Haazinu is read from the
Torah at a special time of the
year, at the end of the cycle
Richard Hertz is rabbi emeritus of
Temple Beth El.
of sedrahs. The High Holy
Days have come. Our
thoughts now are on where
we have been and where we
are going in the future.
Appropriately we hear the
Shabbat Haazinu:
Deuteronomy
32:1-52
Hosea 14:2-10
Micah 7:18-20
Joel 2:15-27.
Torah remind us "to remem-
ber the days of old." This is
especially heartwarming on
the Sabbath of Return, Shab-
bat Shuvah, for the memories
of our people and our people's
past are with us during this
season of spiritual renewal.
Haazinu was a poem of pow-
er and majesty, telling us to
plan for the future by build-
ing on the past. ❑
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Simchat Torah
At Beth Achim
The Cultural Commission of
Congregation Beth Achim
will host a Family Simchat
Torah Dinner 6:30 p.m. Oct.
7. A dairy dinner will be
served.
Ma'ariv services and
Hakafot will begin at 7:45
p.m. Children are invited to
participate in Simchat Torah
dancing. They will receive
candies and apples as part of
the holiday tradition.
Simchat Torah services
will continue Oct. 8 beginning
at 8:45 a.m. followed by a piz-
za kiddush.
There is a charge for the
dinner. Reservations are re-
quired by September 29; call
the synagogue office, 352-
8670.
Rabbi Wine's
Europe Series
Rabbi Wine of the Birming-
ham Temple will present the
fourth of five talks on "The
New Europe" 8:30 p.m. Sept.
20.