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  1. Haredim (\u201cthe concerned ones\u201d)<\/em>. That is what those who are faithful to God\u2019s word are called here. In the previous chapter, they were termed the servants of God. In Psalms, we often find the term \u201cGod-fearing.\u201d In this chapter, like the last one, it does not refer to the entire people, but just a particular group. And there is a a certain amount of enmity between the groups.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. From a midwife\u2019s manual<\/em>. The images of verses 7-9 are taken from the world of obstetrics and midwifery. Follow the verbs, and you get a sense of the biblical view of an easy birth.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. No Uber<\/em>? These are the modes of transportation that the nations use to bring up all those returning to Zion, as an offering: \u201cAnd out of all the nations, said the LORD, they shall bring all your brothers on horses, in chariots and drays, on mules and dromedaries, to Jerusalem My holy mountain as an offering to the LORD\u201d (verse 20). It\u2019s not hard to imagine the festive caravan.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The new priests in town<\/em>. Verse 21 announces \u201cAnd from them likewise I will take some to be levitical priests, said the LORD.\u201d But from whom? From the nations who are coming from the ends of the earth? From the returning exiles? From the nations, to serve the levitical priests? All these answers and more are to be found in the commentaries, and they teach us not only about the possible intentions of the prophecy, but also about the difficulty of readers throughout the generations to accept change.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Is that any way to end?<\/em> The last verse of the chapter and the book (24) leaves a rather bad taste (corpses\u2026 worms\u2026 horrors). That\u2019s why the traditions mandates that upon finishing, we go back and repeat the previous verse, and end on a happier note: \u201cAnd new moon after new moon, And sabbath after sabbath, All flesh shall come to worship Me \u2014said the LORD.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Chazak! 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