{"id":73081,"date":"2020-04-07T18:33:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=73081"},"modified":"2020-04-07T18:33:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:33:44","slug":"human-no-less-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/human-no-less-no-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Human: No Less, No More"},"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":[],"acf":{"old_id":"73081","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34250,"related_cahpter":"454","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Grounded, lofty, full of potential\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019s known as \u201cson of Adam,\u201d which Abarbanel points out seems like kind of a superfluous description. \u201cIt is known that every one of the prophets was a son of Adam, and why was Ezekiel identified with this? And it is known that this \u2018name\u2019 is not a disgrace and is also not praise.\u201d What\u2019s the big deal about the fact that Ezekiel is human; why does it have to be highlighted every time he\u2019s addressed?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several commentaries suggest that in the context of having experienced the profound vision of chapter one, Ezekiel needed to be brought down a notch, reminded of his humanity. \u201cHe called him \u2018son of Adam\u2019 so he would not become arrogant and think himself like one of the angels, because he\u2019d seen this great vision\u201d (Metzudat David). In this approach, Ezekiel\u2019s humanity isn\u2019t bad, per se, but it is less-than. He has seen such lofty sights that he needs to regain balance, to remain grounded, through repeated reminders that he is not so lofty himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, humans \u2013 as humans \u2013 have some loftiness to us too. Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer suggests Ezekiel is referred to as \u201cson of man\u201d as a constant reminder of his role as part of the great destiny of the Jewish people, specifically in relation to all of humanity: If the children of Israel are to be a light unto the many children of Adam, they must see themselves as part of that larger picture \u2013 and their prophet all the more so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lofty mission of the Jewish people, and the destiny of humanity as a whole, may not be angelic, but midrashic tradition likes to point out the advantage in that: only humans can actualize God\u2019s laws; angels are incapable of fulfilling His purpose for the world. So Ezekiel\u2019s humanity might be neither disgraceful nor praiseworthy, as Abarbanel noted \u2013 but it is both grounded and divine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps Ezekiel\u2019s nickname is meant to both emphasize and bridge the gap, to remind him that while there is vast difference between what he saw and what he is, he \u2013 and his people \u2013 have tremendous potential and responsibility to transcend it by working towards their divine purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as the prophet of the exile, he pursues that goal surrounded by a similar gap: reminders of the distance between the Jewish people and the divine presence on one hand, and the eternal fact of their mission in His Name on the other. 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