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One of the parsha's recurring words is <\/span>adanim<\/span><\/i>, which is usually translated as sockets or hinges, but also comes from the same root as <\/span>Adonai<\/span><\/i>, one of our tradition's core names for God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Open<\/b><\/p>\r\n God is the doorman, God is the hinge God is the door
\r\n<\/span>Torah reading<\/em>: Exodus 19<\/a>, Exodus 20<\/a>
\r\nHaftarah<\/em>: Ezekiel 1<\/a><\/p>\r\n
\r\nTorah reading<\/em>: Deuteronomy 15<\/a>,\u00a0Deuteronomy 16<\/a>
\r\nHaftarah:<\/em> Habakkuk 3<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\t
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\r\nJeremy Benstein Structure and Meaning in the Book of Ruth<\/a>
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\r\nRuth 2<\/a>
\r\nRuth 3<\/a>
\r\nRuth 4<\/a><\/p>\r\n
\r\nthe one you don't notice
\r\nholding the heavy panel
\r\nso you can go through.<\/p>\r\n
\r\nthat swings the door,
\r\nthe joint and socket
\r\nthat make opening possible.<\/p>\r\n
\r\nthrough which you walk
\r\nfrom one chapter
\r\nto the next,
\r\nadorned with words
\r\nthat remind you
\r\nwho you are becoming,
\r\nwho you really 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