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Deep into the books of prophecy, Ezekiel, seemingly out of the blue, references three stories from very different places in Tanakh.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf these three men\u2014Noah, Daniel, and Job\u2014should be in it, they would by their righteousness save only themselves\u2014declares the Lord GOD\u201d (verse 14).<\/span><\/p>\n

Different historical moments, varied geographical locations. What do Noah, Daniel and Job have in common with one another and why would the prophet reference them?<\/span><\/p>\n

Rashi explains: \u201cFor these three, saw three worlds: a world built, a world destroyed, a world rebuilt.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Noah. Job. Daniel. Each one saw the world they were born into destroyed. That destruction itself became a world. Finally they saw a new world rebuilt in the aftermath. Living in the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel hints to his listeners that they too are in a similar position. A great world. Destroyed. And will be rebuilt.<\/span><\/p>\n

My teacher, Rav Yehuda Amital, founding rosh yeshiva of Har Etzion – who was born in the simple and pious world of pre-war Hungary, survived the horrors of the Shoah, before moving to Israel where he became a significant political figure and a great religious leader\u00a0 – would quote this Rashi to describe his own life.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018I have seen in my days \u2013 in the words of the Sages \u2013 a world built, a world destroyed, and a world rebuilt. I have seen Jews taken to Auschwitz, and I have seen Jews dancing at the declaration of the State. I have seen the victory celebration after the six-day war, and I have been with soldiers in Suez. I have lived a very long life in a very short space of time\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Learning this chapter in the days between Yom HaShoah and Yom Ha\u2019atzmaut gives us a sense of the poetry of Jewish history. Like Noah, Job and Daniel, the story of the Jewish people in the 20th and 21st century is of a world built, a world destroyed, and a world rebuilt.<\/span><\/p>\n

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