{"id":69281,"date":"2020-01-28T11:51:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=69281"},"modified":"2023-08-24T12:42:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T09:42:46","slug":"the-protectors-of-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-protectors-of-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Protectors Of Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[418,635,573],"acf":{"old_id":"69281","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"405","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Where are they all?\u00a0\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our chapter begins with Jeremiah proclaiming God\u2019s challenge to the people of Israel:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roam the streets of Jerusalem, Search its squares, Look about and take note: You will not find a man, There is none who acts justly, Who seeks integrity [faith] That I should pardon her (5:1).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since Jerusalem was subsequently devastated and its inhabitants exiled to Babylonia, it seems that not even one righteous \u201cseeker of faith\u201d could be found in the Holy City at that time. Our verse seems to reflect Abraham\u2019s unsuccessful attempt to save the city of Sodom (Gen. 18:23-32). Significantly, in Abraham\u2019s time, God would have eventually been willing to spare the sinful city for the sake of only ten righteous persons living there. While in Jeremiah\u2019s time, God would have been willing to spare Jerusalem for the sake of just one righteous person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comparison between the time of Jeremiah and the time of Abraham is reflected in Midrash Tanhuma Vayera 8. \u201cAbraham remained standing before the Lord. Abraham came forward and said, \u2018Will You sweep away the innocent along with the guilty?\u2019\u201d (Gen. 18:23). Abraham\u2019s plea suggests that the Holy One, blessed be He, has no desire to condemn any of his creatures, as it is said: \u201cFor I do not desire the death of anyone who dies, says the Lord God\u201d (Ezek. 18:32)\u2026What does the Holy One, blessed be He, desire? To seek the righteousness of His creatures\u2026Be it known to you that when human beings sin God overcomes His anger by seeking an advocate to speak in their defense. God even points the way to how sinners might be defended. For you find that in the time of Jeremiah, God said: \u201cRoam the streets of Jerusalem, Search its squares, Look about and take note: You will not find a man, There is none who acts justly, Who seeks integrity That I should pardon her\u201d (Jer. 5:1).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabbi David Kimhi (RaDaK &#8212; 12<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-13<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century, Provence), relying on an interpretation of this verse received from his father, suggests that there were some pious people in Jerusalem at the time of Jeremiah\u2019s prophecy. But they had gone into hiding in their homes, unable to show themselves on the streets, for fear of the evil people who dominated Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talmud Bavli Shabbat 119b records a discussion of why Jerusalem was subsequently conquered and devastated. Rav Qatina said that even prior to the fall of Jerusalem, \u201cmen of faith\u201d were still to be found there. But Raba countered that Jerusalem could only have been destroyed when there were no \u201cseekers of faith\u201d left, as it says: \u201cLook about and take note: You will not find a man, There is none who acts justly&#8230;\u201d (Jer. 5:1). This ancient tradition suggests that throughout our history it is those who have dealt justly and \u201ckept the faith\u201d who, by their righteousness, have continued to protect Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":69283,"id":69283,"title":"jer5-protector","filename":"jer5-protector.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jer5-protector.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-protectors-of-jerusalem\/jer5-protector\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer5-protector","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":69281,"date":"2020-01-28 09:51:04","modified":"2020-01-28 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