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The sixth chapter of the Second Book of Kings is fantastical in so many ways. There is an ax handle that floats, an individual who is unable to see at first, \u201cthe hills all around Elisha covered with horses and chariots of fire,\u201d (v.17)\u00a0 and an army that is blinded and then allowed to see again. There is also the scene later in the chapter, while not wondrous but not what the reader might expect, when prisoners of war are treated well, given a feast, and allowed to return to their homes. The outcome of this magnanimous action by the King of Israel under the sage advice of Elisha was that, \u201cthe Aramean bands stopped invading the Land of Israel.\u201d(v.23)<\/span><\/p>\n

The phrase <\/span>Chariots of Fire<\/span><\/i> (v.17) is also the name of the 1982 Academy Award winning film. The movie focuses on Harold Abrahamson and Eric Liddell and the 1924 Olympics. The title of the movie was taken from the popular British hymn, <\/span>Jerusalem, <\/span><\/i>\u00a0which is sung at the end of the film. The hymn was inspired by William Blake\u2019s poem,\u00a0 <\/span>And did those feet in ancient time. <\/span><\/i>In Blake\u2019s poem we read, \u201cBring me my Chariot of fire!\u201d Blake had a long engagement with the Bible in his poetry and art work. \u201cChariots of fire,\u201d he borrowed from two places in II Kings – Chapter 2 verse 11 , and our Chapter 6 verse 17. <\/span>Another film that can help us understand this chapter better is Woody Allen\u2019s <\/span>Crimes and Misdemeanors <\/span><\/i>where blindness and sight are a leitmotif.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One could say that sight and blindness are also at play in the transition from summer to fall. What do I mean by that?\u00a0 Summer is coming to a close and in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere green leaves are changing to a rainbow of colors. But what are their true colors? It is easy to assume that green is their real color. In truth the green hides the true colors of the leaves. That is to say most of the year we are blind to their essence. During summer leaves produce chlorophyll that help\u00a0 create energy from the sunlight which in turn gives leaves their green color. In the fall, as daylight shortens and it gets colder, the tree stops the production of chlorophyll which allows for the true color of the leaves to emerge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In many ways this is a metaphor for the work we do during the <\/span>Yamim Noraim, <\/span><\/i>High Holiday,<\/span> season. During this month of Elul as we prepare for the holidays<\/span>,<\/span><\/i> as well as on <\/span>Rosh Hashanah<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Yom Kippur <\/span><\/i>themselves<\/span>,<\/span><\/i> and the ten days in between, part of our work is to examine who we are and let our true vibrant colors emerge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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