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At the dawn I seek Thee, <\/span>
\n<\/span>Rock and refuge tried, <\/span>
\n<\/span>In due service speak <\/span>
\n<\/span>Thee Morn and eventide. <\/span>
\n<\/span>Neath Thy greatness shrinking, <\/span>
\n<\/span>Stand I sore afraid, <\/span>
\n<\/span>All my secret thinking <\/span>
\n<\/span>Bare before Thee laid. <\/span>
\n<\/span>Little to Thy glory <\/span>
\n<\/span>Heart or tongue can do; <\/span>
\n<\/span>Small remains the story, <\/span>
\n<\/span>Add we spirit too. <\/span>
\n<\/span>Yet since man’s praise ringing <\/span>
\n<\/span>May seem good to Thee, <\/span>
\n<\/span>I will praise Thee singing <\/span>
\n<\/span>While Thy breath’s in me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(Shlomo ibn Gabirol, “At the Dawn”)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some 2,600 years ago, Jeremiah was sitting in prison, mired in personal misery and national tragedy, when God commanded him to purchase a field. Nothing had come of his multiple visions \u2014 no glorious monarchy and no reunification; only a continuous descent into despair, culminating in the destruction of Jerusalem, and exile to Babylonia. Just before that nadir, God explained to Jeremiah why he was to purchase the field \u2014 God closes no door without opening a window. The fate of the nation was sealed \u2014 yet the nation was destined to resurrect itself, upon the land promised to its forefathers:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI will surely gather them from all the lands where I banish them in My furious anger and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and cause them to live in safety […] I will never stop doing them good, and I will inspire them to fear Me, never turning away from Me\u201d (Jer. 32:37-41).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Babylonian exile eventually ended, followed by the Second Commonwealth and then conquest by Persia, Greece, and Rome. The destruction of the Second Temple led to a new exile that lasted until the twentieth century.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are now in the midst of a third attempt to establish a national home in our ancestral land, but often fear that history might be repeating itself: The leaders have sinned, and the prophets stray after worthless idols. The streets of Jerusalem still throng with false prophets who earnestly claim, “The tradition of our forefathers is in our hands; the Third Temple shall not be destroyed!” Once again, they seek to lull us into a sense of false security, to make us forget the grave responsibility we shoulder: to be worthy of this national home, this Jewish state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The State of Israel has no insurance policy. It is our role to protect and maintain it. There are many good people who strive to rectify the ills of the Jewish state \u2014 to reduce socioeconomic disparity, to break down the walls that divide us, to bridge language gaps, to include rather than reject. I sincerely pray that this book inspires us to re-excavate the treasures of our past, drawing upon them to rebuild a Jewish identity, a Jewish culture that will shed light and goodness upon all it touches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lau, Binyamin. <\/span>Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet<\/span><\/em>. 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