{"id":81195,"date":"2020-10-08T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=81195"},"modified":"2020-10-08T16:00:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:00:25","slug":"the-journey-or-the-destination-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-journey-or-the-destination-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journey or the Destination?"},"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":"81195","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":38047,"related_cahpter":"586","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Joshua v. Genesis: Where linear and cyclical time intersect","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first chapter of Joshua is the natural continuation of the historical narrative in Deuteronomy. Moses ascended Mount Nebo, died and was buried by God in a carefully concealed grave. His servant Joshua, charged with ensuring that Moses\u2019 teachings are not forgotten, takes command and prepares to lead the people into the Land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This chapter occupies an interesting place in Jewish liturgical reading of the prophets. It is the haftarah for the final portion of the Torah, which is never read on a Shabbat morning, and for Sim\u1e25at Torah. When the last chapter of \u00a0Deuteronomy is read on Sim\u1e25at Torah, its reading is followed by reading from the beginning of Genesis, to enact and emphasize the never ending cycle of Torah. And then \u2013 after a brief detour to the sacrifices of the day \u2013 the prophetic reading from continues the historical narrative of the Israelites journey from the wilderness to the land of Israel. Cyclical, liturgical or mythic time intersects with linear, historical time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The liturgical cycle leaves the Israelites in the wilderness. Historical time brings them into the Promised Land. Is the journey important or the destination? Do we ever actually arrive?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For me, and perhaps for many readers, the value of 929 is not only the focus on a chapter rather than a longer portion but its linear nature. This encourages greater attention, a chapter missed will not soon return. And it sometimes creates interesting juxtapositions when reading the traditional, weekly portion and the daily chapter in parallel. For example, Exodus 14 and 15 which recount the splitting of the Reed Sea, came during the week when the story of Noah is read. Both highlight the tremendous, often destructive, power of water, and God\u2019s saving \u2013 but selective \u2013 intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What other interesting intersections await as we move forward?<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":52840,"id":52840,"title":"jo1-time","filename":"jo1-time.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo1-time.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-journey-or-the-destination\/jo1-time\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jo1-time","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":52839,"date":"2019-04-01 16:59:10","modified":"2019-04-01 16:59:23","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":301,"height":300,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo1-time-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo1-time-300x299.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":299,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo1-time.jpg","medium_large-width":301,"medium_large-height":300,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo1-time.jpg","large-width":301,"large-height":300,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo1-time.jpg","1536x1536-width":301,"1536x1536-height":300,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo1-time.jpg","2048x2048-width":301,"2048x2048-height":300,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo1-time.jpg","post_full_size-width":301,"post_full_size-height":300,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jo1-time.jpg","home_baner-width":301,"home_baner-height":300}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"Special Simchat Torah Post","main_caption":"The Journey or the Destination?","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Joshua v. 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