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\u201cIsaiah begin where Moses ends,\u201d says Abarbenel (1437-1508) on Isaiah\u2019s famous opening, \u201cHear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth!\u201d similar to Moses, in his Song of Ha\u2019azinu, read in synagogues around the world (this year) on the Shabbat between Yom Kippur and Sukkot \u201cGive ear, O heavens, let me speak; Let the earth hear the words I utter!\u201d Interestingly, Isaiah clarifies that it is God who has spoken, while Moses says, he is speaking. Their \u201clistening\u201d and \u201chearing\u201d verbs are also reversed, and commentators have debated whether this has to do with closeness: Moses is closer to the heavens, thus asking it to listen and the earth should hear, while Isaiah asks the closer earth, to him, to listen and the heavens \u2013 to hear.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rest of this chapter continues to parallel Moses\u2019 song (Deuteronomy 32). Isaiah gives his reprove to the Kingdom of Judea, following the destruction of Samaria (Kingdom of Israel) in the north, so their destiny won\u2019t be the same. He\u2019s opting for Moses\u2019 style, possibly hoping that they will hear him better. Just like Moses told the People of all the good they have received from God, which they have – and will – repay with evil, Isaiah brings this very same idea through his parable of the ox and donkey: even these animals have recognition, awareness and appreciation of their master, the one who feeds them and cares for them, while the People \u2013 do not.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Talmud uses this verse (1:3) at the end of Tractate Makot (23:a), discussing lashes: <\/span><\/p>\n

The mishna teaches: And two straps go up and down the doubled strap of calf hide. The Sage taught: And they are straps of donkey hide. As a certain Galilean interpreted before Rav \u1e24isda: It is written: \u201cThe ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master\u2019s trough; but Israel does not know, My people does not consider\u201d (Isaiah 1:3). The Holy One, Blessed be He, says: Let the one who recognizes its master\u2019s trough, an ox and donkey, come and exact retribution, through lashes with a strap of ox and donkey hide, from one who does not recognize his Master\u2019s trough and performs transgressions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This verse (1:3) became especially famous in Israel of the early 1960\u2019s, when a young educator and poet, Emanu\u2019el Zamir, born in British Mandate Israel (1925-1962), heard a Beduin tune and story about a donkey going to bring wood and going to the spring and <\/span>combined that with Isaiah\u2019s words into a <\/span>debka<\/span><\/i> song and dance<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":47991,"id":47991,"title":"num22-donkey","filename":"num22-donkey.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/num22-donkey.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/baalams-she-ass-then-and-now\/num22-donkey\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"num22-donkey","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":47948,"date":"2019-01-23 09:30:30","modified":"2019-10-23 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