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In our Chapter, God beckons the prophet: \u201cCall to Me and I will answer you\u2026\u201d (33:3). In the continuation of this divine apparition, God refers to: \u201c\u2026the corpses of the men whom I struck down in My anger and rage, hiding My face from this city because of all their wickedness\u201d (verse 5). God then promises His healing and reconstruction: \u201cI am going to bring her relief and healing. I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of true favor. And I will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel, and I will rebuild them as of old\u201d (verses 6-7).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The phrase translated here \u201cabundance of true favor \u2013 \u2018ateret shalom ve-\u2018emet\u201d is problematic, as indicated by the note in the New JPS translation (1985): \u201cMeaning of Heb. uncertain\u201d, referring specifically to the word \u2018ateret found in Scripture only here in this nominal construct form. Rashi comments briefly that \u2018ateret should be understood as \u201cblessing\u201d. Rabbi David Kimhi (RaDaK) understands \u2018ateret as \u201cabundance of prayer\u201d (ribui tefillah) by comparison with Genesis 25:21.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This line of interpretation is adopted by the 14<\/span>th<\/span> century Spanish scholar Israel ben Joseph Al-Nakawa in his Menorat Ha-Maor (ed. Enelow, II p. 40) in his discussion of synagogue prayer: The congregation in the synagogue should be amiable and loving. For then their prayer will be heard by their Father in Heaven, as it says: \u201cI will reveal to them prayer of peace and truth\u201d — as apparently understood by Al-Nakawa. For he continues: \u2018ateret is prayer. During \u2018ateret (i.e. prayer) there is peace. And behold this is truth. But if not (i.e. if there is no peace during prayer) there is no truth. Therefore, the entire congregation should be friends and there should not be among them jealousy, hatred or competitiveness at all \u2013 how much the more so in the synagogue, in order to honor the Shekhinah (\u201cdivine presence\u201d) that dwells in the synagogue\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah\u2019s revelation of God\u2019s promise of healing is less problematic linguistically, but no less open to midrashic interpretation. According to Midrash Shir Ha-Shirim Rabbah (4:13) on Song of Songs 4:5, a human being cannot prepare a proper dressing without examining the wound. But God, by Whose word the world was created, first prepares the dressing and then inflicts the wound. This is suggested by God\u2019s promise in our Chapter about those \u201cmen whom I struck down in My anger and rage \u2026I will heal them\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

God\u2019s promise of divine healing seems to answer Jeremiah\u2019s earlier plea: \u201cHeal me, O Lord, and let me be healed! Save me and let me be saved! For You are my glory\u201d (Jeremiah 17:14). This verse, reformulated in the plural for communal prayer, provides the Scriptural basis for the 8<\/span>th<\/span> blessing in the daily Amidah: \u201cHeal us, O Lord, and we shall be healed. Save us and we shall be saved \u2026 For You, O God-King, are a faithful and merciful Healer. 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