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In our chapter, faced with the refusal of the people to listen to his prophecies (20-21), Jeremiah cries out in exasperation to what we generally consider the inanimate world: \u201cO Land, land, land [Eretz, Eretz, Eretz]! Hear the word of the Lord!\u201d (29). From biblical to modern times, the Hebrew word Eretz means generally \u201cland\u201d but, depending on the context, more specifically \u201cthe Land of Israel\u201d. Rashi interprets this repetition of the word \u201cland\u201d that the Land of Israel is a \u201cland among lands\u201d but the most important of them all. Rashi adds that Jeremiah calls out to the \u201cland\u201d three times because the Land of Israel is made up of three \u201clands\u201d: Judah, Transjordan and the Galilee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Midrash on Psalms 19:1 elaborates on what might be seen as the \u201csecular\u201d versus the \u201csacred\u201d aspects of \u201cland\u201d. What does not have a head in human terms, does have a head in the eyes of God? This is the \u201cland\u201d, as it says: \u201cWhile He [God] had not yet made the land [eretz<\/em>]\u2026the beginning [rosh<\/em>, literally \u201chead\u201d] of the soil of the earth\u201d (Proverbs 8:26)\u2026And what does not have hands in human terms, does have hands in the eyes of God? As it says: \u201cthe land is expansive [rahavat-yadaim<\/em>, literally \u201cwide of hands\u201d]\u201d (Genesis 34:21). Indeed, for God, the land has a navel (see Ezekiel 38:12), a mouth (see Numbers 16:32) and legs (see Ecclesiastes 1:4). And what in human terms does not have ears, does have ears with which to hear the word of God. As Jeremiah makes clear when he cries out to the land, as it says: \u201cLand, land, land! Hear the word of the Lord!\u201d (29).<\/span><\/p>\n

In contrast to the pessimistic context of Jeremiah\u2019s prophecy, Israelis associate \u201cEretz, Eretz, Eretz \u2013 Land, Land, Land\u201d) as the opening line and refrain of the exuberant praise of the Land of Israel written by Shaike Paikov in 1976, <\/span>sung here by Ilanit <\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Eretz, Eretz, Eretz!<\/span>
\n<\/span>A land of a light blue sky without a cloud.<\/span>
\n<\/span>And the sun is for it<\/span>
\n<\/span>like milk and honey.<\/span>
\n<\/span>A land we were born in<\/span>
\n<\/span>a land we will live in,<\/span>
\n<\/span>and we will continue living here<\/span>
\n<\/span>no matter what happens.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eretz, Eretz, Eretz!<\/span>
\n<\/span>The sea up against the shore,<\/span>
\n<\/span>and flowers and children<\/span>
\n<\/span>without end.<\/span>
\n<\/span>In the North – the Sea of Galilee,<\/span>
\n<\/span>In the South – sands,<\/span>
\n<\/span>And the East to the West<\/span>
\n<\/span>kisses the borders\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Eretz, Eretz, Eretz!<\/span>
\n<\/span>Land of the Torah,<\/span>
\n<\/span>you’re the source of light<\/span>
\n<\/span>and the language of faith.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Eretz, Eretz, Eretz!<\/span>
\n<\/span>A dear land,<\/span>
\n<\/span>You promised<\/span>
\n<\/span>that it is not a fairytale\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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