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TORAH PORTION

Shabbat Shuvah (Sahbbat Haazinu):
Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52;
Hosea 14:2-10;
Joel 2;15-27;
Micah 7:18-20.

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n this week's Torah
role of the Jew in the world
portion, we have
without also considering
Moshe teaching the
"the land that God prom-
Jewish people a poem or
ised to us." The land of
song that (Deuteronomy
Israel, such a small little
31 :21) ..."will be tes-
plot of land, was promised
timony before them
by God to the patriarchs
that will not be forgot-
to be the eventual eternal
ten from the mouths of
home of the Jews. Of insig-
nificant size and basically
their descendants?' This
Rabbi Eliezer
poem encapsulates the
unremarkable condition,
Cohen
relationship between God
this little plot has played
Special to the
and His people, Israel, in
a unique role in human
Jewish News
particular their perverse
history — perhaps more
significant than any other
refusal to remain faithful
to God and to His Torah.
real estate on the planet.
Among these verses is the exhorta-
This land has been the continual
tion to (32:7) "... remember the days of battleground of the great empires: For
the world, understand the years from
generations, it was part of the major
trade routes. Now, with the vital role
generation to generation; ask your
that petroleum plays in the world,
father and he will tell you, your elders
Israel and its neighbors have become
and they will talk to you This verse
calls upon the Jewish people to review crucial to industry, geo-political con-
world history and to see their place in
cerns and Western civilization itself.
What land of comparable size and
human events.
There is no question that simply
lack of resources plays such a crucial
role in our contemporary world? It
from the historical perspective the
cannot be simply a coincidence that
Jewish people have played an extraor-
the Jew and his land have played and
dinary role and hold a unique place
continue to play such an important
in the human saga. The survival of
role in the world. Certainly history
the Jewish people for three and a half
and present events show clearly that
millenia is unprecedented, given the
we and our land are special.
reality of almost 2,000 years of exile
and persecution. Yet, our culture and
Eliezer Cohen is rabbi of Congregation Or
traditions, both religious and other-
Chadash in Oak Park.
wise, have survived.
But beyond simple survival, the role
that the Jew has played in Western
civilization is almost beyond belief.
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In practically every area of human
How many Jews would be on
endeavor, the Jew has contributed
the
list of influential people in
to an unprecedented extent to the
history?
What percentage of
advancement and improvement of
the
world
population is Jewish?
human life — scientifically, medically,
What
empires
in world history
artistically, commercially, philosophi-
have
fought
to
rule the land
cally and on and on — in spite of the
of
Israel?
How
can
the spe-
restrictions and limitations the rest of
cial
significance
of
the Jewish
the world imposed.
people
and
the
land
of Israel be
In religion, certainly, Judaism is the
explained
if
not
that
they were
acknowledged source of all Western
chosen
by
God
to
have
a special
religions.
responsibility?
In addition, we cannot discuss The