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In Deuteronomy 32, God is described as \u201cvengeful\u201d vis-\u00e0-vis the His enemies and those opposed to His people:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u2018When I whet My flashing blade and My hand lays hold on judgment, vengeance will I wreak on My foes, will I deal to those who reject Me\u2019\u2026 O nations, acclaim God\u2019s people! For He\u2019ll avenge the blood of His servants, wreak vengeance on His foes, and cleanse His people\u2019s land (verses 41, 43).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And although Deuteronomy is replete with multiple references to the \u201cmeta-mitzvah\u201d <\/span>vehalachta bederachav<\/span><\/em>, \u201cand you will emulate His ways\u201d (cf. 8:6; 10:12; 11:22; 19:9; 26:17; 30:16), in light of Leviticus 19:18 - \u201c<\/span>Thou shalt not take vengeance\u201d -\u00a0 <\/span>vengeance is <\/span>not<\/em> <\/span>one of God\u2019s attributes that man is permitted to emulate.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is difficult enough to try to be \u201cgodly\u201d in all that one does (see Sotah 14a), yet an area where God\u2019s actions are noticeable to and by all, is considered off-limits to humans?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This particular \u201cdisconnect\u201d between God\u2019s attributes and a human being\u2019s desire to emulate them, might be due to our limitations in general, and our intellectual constraints in particular. While God is defined as the <\/span>bochen levavot<\/span><\/em> (lit. \u201cthe discerner of hearts\u201d; i.e., He knows what each of us is thinking,) we have trouble ascertaining where we ourselves are \u201cat,\u201d let alone what is in the mind of others. Even the act of communication, from its earliest beginnings. is fraught, as R. Joseph Soloveitchik has written:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u2026When Adam addressed himself to Eve, employing the word as the means of communication, he certainly told her not only what united them, but also what separated them. Eve was both enlightened and perplexed, assured and troubled by his word. For, in all personal unions such as marriage, friendship, or comradeship, however strong the bonds uniting two individuals, the <\/span>modi existentiae<\/em> <\/span>remain totally unique and hence, incongruous, at both levels, the ontological and the experiential\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n

(\u201cConfrontation,\u201d <\/span>Tradition<\/em> <\/span>Spring-Summer 1964, p. 15.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Human beings are defined as simply incapable of plumbing the depths of another\u2019s mind and soul.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

(see also this post<\/a> on the topic of Divine and human justice).<\/p>\r\n

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It is fitting that Moses\u2019s trajectory ends with his song. Back in Exodus 15, Moses\u2019s leadership role began with a song,\u00a0<\/span>Az Yashir<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 - The Song at the Sea. That song was sung together with the Israelites, with Moses leading the way. This song is a solo: sung by Moses and directed at the people. The Song at the Sea is written as a series of interlocking bricks in the text, symbolic perhaps of the bricks that the Israelites toiled over in Egypt; while <\/span>Haazinu<\/span><\/em>, the song here,<\/span> is written in two columns. In the beginning, Moses had to lead a weary group of slaves and now he lets go of a complete nation, ready to take on their next heady task of conquering the land of Canaan without their only leader.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Az Yashir<\/em> <\/span>contains a lot of aquatic imagery. This makes sense, as it commemorates the Egyptians drowning in the Sea of Reeds. <\/span>Haazinu<\/em> <\/span>also has some interesting water imagery. \u201cMay my teachings come down as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, Like showers on young growth, Like droplets on the grass\u201d (verse 2). The connection between the Torah and water hearkens back to the very first incident after the Sea: \u201cThen Moses caused Israel to set out from the Sea of Reeds. They went on into the wilderness of Shur; they traveled three days in the wilderness and found no water\u201d (Exodus 15:22). The commentators explain that the three days without water was symbolic of the people going three days without Torah. This caused them to start complaining. This verse is also the source for Torah reading taking place three times a week- so that three days do not pass without Torah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In <\/span>Haazinu<\/span><\/em>, Moses mentions four types of rain: 1) rain, 2) dew, 3) showers, 4) droplets. Like the rain, the Torah comes in many forms. Sometimes the Torah can be heavy and difficult like heavy showers, sometimes it can be soft and pleasant like the dew, other times it can be in between both like the rain, or points of the Torah can be distinct like droplets. The Torah also manages to cover all areas at all times: just like showers, rain, dew and droplets symbolize different ways that moisture covers the earth. The Torah also came down from the heavens to nourish the people on earth much like the rain. Perhaps Moses also utilizes four different types of rain to symbolize the four other books of the Torah that are already completed or the four books of the Torah that encompass his lifetime. 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Deuteronomy 32 contains a poem known by its first word, <\/span>haazinu<\/span><\/em>. It is an exhortative song that asks the Israelites to listen<\/span> \u2013 literally, \u201cgive ear\u201d \u2013 to a sorry story of unconditional Divine love met by Israelite rebelliousness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The song emphasizes its aural qualities. Thus, at its beginning, the text states:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Give ear<\/span><\/i>, O heavens, <\/span>let me speak<\/span><\/i>; Let the earth <\/span>hear the words I utter<\/span><\/i>!... For the name of the LORD I proclaim; Give glory to our God! (Deuteronomy 32:1 and 3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Likewise, the song concludes by emphasizing recitation:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moses came, together with Hosea son of Nun, and <\/span>recited<\/span><\/i> all the words of this poem in <\/span>the hearing of the people<\/span><\/i>. And when Moses finished <\/span>reciting<\/span><\/i> all these words to all Israel\u2026 (Deuteronomy 32:44 and 45).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At the same time, in Deuteronomy 31, Moses is described as writing the song down. \u201cThat day, Moses <\/span>wrote down<\/span><\/i> this poem and taught it to the Israelites\u201d (Deuteronomy 31:32).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In yet another verse, God underlines both the importance of writing and recitation:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Therefore, <\/span>write down<\/span><\/i> this poem and teach it to the people of Israel; <\/span>put it in their mouths<\/span><\/i>, in order that this poem may be My witness against the people of Israel. (Deuteronomy 31:19)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The written and recitative qualities of poetry are well known. A poetic text does not exist only in a written poetry collection, nor solely in a poetry reading. Poetry takes advantage of both media \u2013 spacing and other visual strategies are essential to written poetry. Pauses and other verbal drama characterize poetry as read aloud.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For its part, Haazinu takes advantage of its written and recitative aspects. In some communities, Jewish children are encouraged to learn specifically this text by heart, and to regularly sing it aloud. At the same time, like other Biblical songs Haazinu has a special spacing format, where the symmetrical parts of the poetic verses are divided in two columns, in a technique known in Hebrew as \u201chalf brick on half brick.\u201d \u00a0In this way, the visual and aural are united, just as the song\u2019s metaphors bridge the orality of speech with the physical image of the world:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

May my discourse come down as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, Like showers on young growth, Like droplets on the grass. (Deuteronomy 32:2)<\/span>
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Deuteronomy 32, \u201cthe Song of Moses,\u201d abounds with metaphors for God. In the span of just forty-three verses, God is referred to as a rock, a warrior, an eagle, a father, a mother, a provider, an executioner, and a healer.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But metaphors cannot be taken (too) literally. According to Jewish theology, God is a father\u2014but God is also <\/span>not<\/em> <\/span>a father; God is a king, but God is also <\/span>not<\/em> <\/span>a king. God is other and therefore ultimately unknowable. Sometimes, we become attached to this metaphor or that, and begin to imagine\u2014consciously or not\u2014that we now know who or what God really is. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How does theology work to keep us from getting too caught up in metaphor? The most obvious way is through explicit negation. But our chapter takes a very different tack in pointing to the limits of our metaphors: Instead of negating images for God, our chapter actively multiplies them. How does a proliferation of images draw attention to their limits?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Think for a moment about two of Judaism\u2019s most fundamental ways of imaging God. \u201cYou are children of the Lord your God,\u201d says Deuteronomy (14:1), powerfully reminding us that God is our Parent; \u201cI will be your God and you will be My people,\u201d says Leviticus (26:12), explicitly invoking a marriage formula to describe God\u2019s covenant with Israel. Not only is God our Parent, in other words, God is also our Spouse. Taken on its own, each metaphor gives voice to critical aspects of our relationship with God. But God obviously cannot be both Parent and Spouse at the same time\u2014and the pairing of these two images, I\u2019d suggest, has the vital effect of reminding us that God is not literally either.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Bible scholar Juliana Claassens explains that \u201cthis multitude of images is a great example of the biblical text\u2019s commitment to employ a wide variety of metaphors, male and female, animate and inanimate, to describe God, expressing the... conviction that no one image could capture or exhaust the meaning of God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A God we know too well, a God we can, as it were, take out and look at\u2014such a God is not God at all, but an idol, a figment of our own imagination. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Song of Moses reminds us that God\u2019s love for Israel notwithstanding, God is always also a judge; and it subtly prods us to recall that God is Holy, transcendent, and therefore far beyond all of the images and metaphors we regularly employ in talking to God, and about God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Deuteronomy Chapter 32, or <\/span>Parashat Haazinu<\/span><\/em>,<\/em> is the song or poem Moses recited for the Children of Israel shortly before his death. Using rich imagery and poetic parallelism, it recounts the history and future of the people Moses guided from Egypt and shepherded through the desert. But the narrative and theology of the poem are strikingly at odds with other parts of the Torah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Take 32:10: \u201c[God] found him (the Children of Israel) in a desert region, in an empty howling waste. He engirded him, watched over him, guarded him as the pupil of His eye.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But wait: God didn\u2019t just find the Children of Israel wandering in the wilderness! What about the Exodus? Yet the Exodus, and for that matter the giving of the Torah, are found nowhere in the poem.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

More fundamentally, the notion of <\/span>brit<\/span><\/em>, of covenant, is absent. <\/span>Haazinu<\/span><\/em> fails to follow familiar patterns\u2014that God makes promises in return for loyalty and proper conduct. In the poem, God finds the Israelites in the desert, they worship idols, and God punishes them; but God will also redeem them, apparently regardless of how they behave. As Nachmanides notes, God\u2019s grace at the end of the poem is not contingent upon repentance. Why not?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Unlike most of Deuteronomy, <\/span>Haazinu<\/span><\/em> is not Moses\u2019 speech, but God\u2019s song. In the rest of the book, Moses, often speaking in first person, retells the people\u2019s travels and travails and transmits God\u2019s instructions. In <\/span>Haazinu<\/span><\/em>, God frequently speaks in the first person. The story is told from God\u2019s unique divine perspective. And God\u2019s perspective is one-sided.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God in <\/span>Haazinu<\/span><\/em> is called the <\/span>tzur<\/span><\/em>\u2014the rock: unchanging, timeless, and above history. The Exodus from Egypt and the giving of the Torah are time-bound events that are crucial markers of a reciprocal relationship with God, but they do not speak to the primal relationship between God and the Children of Israel that exists independent of their actions. Here, God decides to spare the Israelites because to destroy them would be a desecration of God\u2019s name (32:27). And that\u2019s a problem for God whether or not the people repent. <\/span>Haazinu<\/span><\/em> is not a bilateral agreement, but a testimonial. From the poem\u2019s divine perspective, sin does not erase Jewish chosenness. The people are stuck with God, and God is stuck with them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And perhaps that\u2019s part of the reason why the Jewish people are still here.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cAsk your parents and they will tell you, your elders and they will inform you\u201d (32:7).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is intuitive and commonplace to say that we must look to the past for wisdom. As individuals, we take strength and guidance from our elders\u2019 experiences. And as a collective, memory is a key to our survival as a people, when so many ancient peoples disappeared.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Once in class, Elie Wiesel told his students: \u201cYou know, when I have a difficult question in my life, I think of my mother, and I wonder what she would advise. If it is a difficult <\/span>communal<\/span><\/em> question, I think of my father. This has helped me often.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another time, when discussing his problems with traditional theology after the Holocaust, he said, \u201cBut I did not stop observing the commandments\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cBecause I remembered my father, and his father. How could I be the last to keep our traditions alive?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And yet, looking to the past is only half the equation. To only consider the past is to risk avoiding the demands of the present moment. We must look ahead as well.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another tale from Elie Wiesel: when the future Hasidic leader Dov Ber of Mezrich\u2019s childhood home burned down in a fire, he saw his mother weeping. \u201cWhy are you crying, Mama?\u201d asked the boy, \u201cWe can buy or make new things, we can rebuild our house!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cI am not crying for all the furniture, the tablecloths, even the few books we had. But we had an irreplaceable family tree that extended all the way back to King David. Now it is gone. That is why I weep,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cDon\u2019t worry, Mama,\u201d said the future leader. \u201cI will begin a new family tree, one even more beautiful than the one we lost.\u201d And he did, raising children and grandchildren, and dozens of students who would in turn become some of the greatest creative leaders of Eastern European Jewry.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Each of us is the last link in a chain. Each of us is also the progenitor of a new one, whether through our children, or our students and those whom we influence.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Baal Shem Tov taught that forgetfulness leads to exile, while redemption depends on memory. His great-grandson, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, added that the memory of the past is very important, but the most essential memory is of the future we want to create. Recalling that future helps us work toward it every day. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is the creative tension between past and future that has kept Judaism alive for millennia. Look to your elders, and see them look back at you, with the weight of their experience, yes. But also with pride, confidence, and faith in your abilities. \u201cThe world is your now\u201d, they say to us. \u201cWhat will you do with it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Truth is not something we discover at one time. That is how things are for God, but not for us. For Judaism, truth \u2013 as understood and internalised by humanity \u2013 is a developmental process. That is why so much of the Bible is narrative and so many of its books are works of history. The prophets of ancient Israel were the first to see meaning in history, to see memory as a religious duty, and time itself as the narrative of man in search of God, God in search of man. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hence the single most important metaphor of the Hebrew Bible: God is a parent and we are his children. The prophets never tire of this analogy:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Do you thus requite the Lord,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>You foolish and senseless people?<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Is He not your father, who created you . . .? (Deut. 32: 6)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When Israel was a child, I loved him,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And out of Egypt I called My son . . .<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Taking them by the arms,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>But they did not realise it was I who healed them. (Hosea 11: 1, 3)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I thought you would call me Father,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And not turn away from following Me. (Jer. 3: 19)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

These are deeply felt sentiments and reflect the character of time as it functions in the Bible: time as linear rather than cyclical, an arena of growth and development rather than eternal recurrence. In the beginning, God tended the people, newly released from slavery, as if they were children. He rescued them from their oppressors, led them safely through the sea, gave them food and drink, and protected them against their enemies. But like a responsible parent, he wanted them to mature, to learn to fight their own battles, and to become responsible agents themselves. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The history of Israel recapitulates the development of the individual. At first, a child is almost totally dependent on its parents for food and safety. But as the years pass, a parent must gradually let the child do things for itself or it will never grow into an adult. This can be painful. At first a child cannot walk without falling, or choose without making mistakes. Yet in the fullness of time, if parenthood is successful, the child appropriates the values of its parents and makes them its own.<\/span>
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This chapter, largely consisting of a poem known as <\/span>Haazinu<\/span><\/em>, is one of my favorites. In most synagogues I\u2019ve been to, people aren\u2019t encouraged to actually understand the words that are being read from the Torah, so the violent drama and the radical theology of this chapter is often overlooked. Put very simply, the poem tells of God getting furious at the people of Israel, allowing other nations to destroy them, and then getting furious at these other nations, and destroying them too. It\u2019s not clear who survives this story, if anybody.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is a very gloomy future. What should we do with it? Do we have any chance, given such a dark and definite promise? There\u2019s a beautiful midrash that plays with the opening words of our chapter, \u201c<\/span>Give ear, O heavens, let me speak; Let the earth hear the words I utter!\u201d<\/span> (32:1). The heavens and earth are seen in Deuteronomy as two trusty witnesses to God\u2019s promise.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the midrash (Sifrei 306) challenges the certainty of this violent future:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In future times, the people of Israel will say before the Holy One: Master of the Universe, my witnesses, the heavens and the earth, are here to testify against me. He will say to them: I will replace them! This is the meaning of the verse (Isaiah 65:17), \u201cBehold, I am creating a new heaven and a new earth!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As with all prophecy in the Torah, the way to take it seriously is as a poetic possibility. We aren\u2019t being told what <\/span>will<\/span><\/em> happen. Our rational minds can\u2019t accept that. We are being warned, in a language that should shake us up a bit, that our relationship with God, like all relationships, is based on mutual trust and actions with consequences. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the midrash takes this further. Relationships change. Even God isn\u2019t bound to old promises made in anger. If the old witnesses are tying us back to a failed relationship of mistrust and anger, then we are free to take the story of our lives into our own hands, and change it to a new and positive narrative.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In our chapter, Moses recites his final Song, a psalm which praises God\u2019s faithfulness to Israel (32:4). Moses begins by summoning his poetic muse: \u201cGive ear, O heavens, let me speak! Let the earth hear the words I utter! May my discourse come down as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like showers on young growth, like droplets on the grass. For the name of the Lord I proclaim! Give glory to our God!\u201d (verses 1-3). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Midrash (Deuteronomy Rabbah 10:4) elaborates on the biblical expression \u201cGive ear, O heavens\u201d in a highly visual way: From here we learn that the heavens have a mouth, a heart, and an ear. \u201cMouth\u201d is suggested by the verse: \u201cThe heavens declare the glory of God\u201d (Psalms 19:2). \u00a0(Ps. XIX, 2). \u201cHeart\u201d is mentioned in the verse: \u201cthe mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven\u201d (Deuteronomy 4:11). And \u201cear\u201d is mentioned in the verse: \u201cGive ear, O heavens\u201d (Deuteronomy 32:1). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Midrash on our chapter continues (Tanhuma Buber Ha\u2019azinu 3): When Moses went up to heaven, the angels stood up to kill him. He said: For two items (the two Tablets of the Covenant) that were given to me, you want to kill me?! This may be compared to a merchant who was traveling in a dangerous area and was captured by thieves, who wanted to kill him to rob him of his money. He said to them: For the five manehs (silver coins) that I have on me you are going to kill me?! So, they let him go. When the merchant got to town, he began to sell the jewels he had hidden in his clothes. When the same thieves found him getting rich, they said to him: Yesterday, you told us you had only five manehs, and now you are selling such valuable jewels! He replied: What I told you was when I was in danger of losing my life. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Similarly, Moses told the angels that he had only two items, the two Tablets of the Covenant\u2026On learning how Moses outwitted the angels, Israel said: Had you not deceived the angels you would have been burnt up by their fire. It was the Torah that saved you from them. Having been saved from the angels, Moses broke out in song: \u201cGive ear, O Heavens\u201d!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Parashat Ha\u2019azinu <\/span><\/i>includes the song that God told Moses to write before he was to depart. The song begins with Moses calling upon Heaven and Earth to act as witnesses as he narrates the poem. He continues by telling the Israelites to praise God and to show their gratitude for all that He did for them even when they evidenced an appalling lack of faith. He then goes on to remind them of God\u2019s beneficence.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As a parent figure, God was very caring of Jacob and watched over him from the time his tribe was in the desert: \u201cIn an empty howling waste, He engirded him. Watched over him. Guarded him as the pupil of His eye. Like an eagle who rouses his nestlings. Gliding down to his young, so did He spread His wings and\u2026bear him along on His pinions\u201d (Deut. 32:10\u201311). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why did Moses introduce the image of an eagle? What does that image symbolize?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Avner Moriah\u2019s painting we see two eagles, one above the other, impressive birds of prey with small heads and prominent beaks. The desert is their natural habitat and they know instinctively how to survive in the harsh conditions of the wilderness. Although they are large and heavy, owing to their enormous wingspan, they can fly very high up for very long distances. The eagle standing with its young ones on a tree branch (the nest) visualizes Deuteronomy 32:11: \u201cLike an eagle who rouses his nestlings. Gliding down to his young.\u201d The eagle does not fly directly to the nest but circles around it so that the sound of his fluttering wings will wake up the nestlings without frightening them, so that he can teach them how to sustain themselves and to fly. It is this image that suggests the connection between the eagle and Moses\u2019 reference to God\u2019s relationship with Jacob: \u201cHe found him in a desert region\u201d (Deut. 32:7). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The eagle here is a metaphor for God, Who hovered over the Israelites, revealing Himself to them at Mount Sinai, where He gave them the Torah and prepared them to walk in His ways. Moses\u2019 song is a vivid summary of the way God guided His people during the wilderness years, staying with them and teaching them to \u201cfly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The lower image is of a flying eagle carrying the people of Israel on his back, in keeping with the promise in Exodus 19:4: \u201cYou have seen what I did to the Egyptians, how I bore you on eagles\u2019 wings and brought you to Me.\u201d The eagle is known to carry its young on its back above its wings, rather than holding them with its feet, so they are protected from hostile archers below, its care for its young is a beautiful metaphor for God\u2019s caring for His children.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Artwork by: Avner Moriah, by courtesy of the artist<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Text by: Dr. Shulamit Laderman, PhD in Art History, publications on Jewish and Christian influences on biblical interpretive illustration.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Parshat Ha\u2019azinu mainly consists of the song Moses sings as his last lesson to the Israelites, before he blesses them and ascends Mount Nebo to die. The song expresses in poetry the relationship between God and Bnei Yisrael, and the promises we made to one another. The image created through the verses is that of God, sitting on the throne of justice and passing judgement on our lives. Since the days of\u00a0the Bible, this idea has been carried through to the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur where we reflect on our year and imagine God weighing our mitzvot and averot. Moses\u2019 song went straight through, not just to the minds of his listeners but also to their emotions and imaginations. The theme is simple and clear: God is just. It is we humans who are the source of injustice in the world.<\/p>\r\n

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There is a limit to what even the greatest of leaders can do.\u00a0 This week\u2019s portion Haazinu has a variety of metaphors for God in its poem as Rabbi Andrea Weiss points out in TheTorah.com<\/a>.\u00a0 We see God as a protective rock (32: 4, 15), a father (32:6), an eyelid (32:10), an eagle (32:11), a nursing mother feeding the people with honey from the crags of rocks (32:13), and a mother who has labored for the people (32: 18). Weiss suggests that this plurality of images means that humans need a variety of ways to connect to God.<\/p>\r\n

I would take this in a different direction and suggest also that one leader will never be sufficient but each individual has to cultivate and develop a relationship with the text and Jewish tradition to ensure a healthy and ongoing Jewish life.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

When the poem is finished (32:46) God tells Moses that he will now be ascending the mount of Avarim (literally mountain of passing over) to mount Nebo, probably a day\u2019s walk, as it had been the last encampment (Numbers 33:47-48) before the current one.\u00a0 Moses is told \u201cYou may view the land from a distance but you shall not enter it (Deut 32: 52); Israel\u2019s greatest teacher, who still carries the appellation \u201cMoses our teacher\u201d is unable to continue his teachings after this point.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

But he does leave the people with a thought about the Torah that he has taught them that will carry them through, \u201cit is not an empty thing for you, for it is your life\u201d (32:47).\u00a0 The midrash Sifre Deuteronomy 336:1 says about this \u201cThere is nothing empty in the Torah, for which, if you fulfill it, you will not be rewarded in this world, with the principal remaining for the world to come.\u201d\u00a0This text is conveying that it is up to us to fill the Torah with meaning, as a necessary thing in order to function in the world.\u00a0No leader can do that for us, only each of us, with whatever metaphors or other ways to understand the text make sense to us, are capable of filling the text with meaning.<\/p>\r\n

It is no accident then that multiple metaphors, the finale of Moses' role as teacher and the injunction to fill the text with meaning are in the same portion.\u00a0Each of us has the capacity to fill the text with meaning.\u00a0Leaders guide us and suggest things to us but the ultimate responsibility, Parshat Ha\u2019azinu is suggesting, is our 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\u201cClimb up this mount of passage, Mount N\u2019Voh, in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and from there view the land of Canaan which I am giving to the Children of Israel to inherit. \u00a0And die there on the mountain which you are climbing\u2026.\u201d (Deuteronomy 32:49-50)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How steep these cliffs we must ascend \u2014<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>No gentle, wide plateau<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Will make our climbing easier<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>When scaling Mount N\u2019Voh.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How frozen are these lifeless peaks \u2014<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>How full of ice and snow \u2014<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>The promised land below is mild,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Far warmer than N\u2019Voh. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How bright the lights in the promised land<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Where altar-fires glow \u2014<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>How dark and cold the moonless nights<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>On barren Mount N\u2019Voh. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How long we\u2019ve prayed to work the land,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To make its barley grow,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To eat its figs, to drink its wine \u2014<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To leave behind N\u2019Voh. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How hard it is to mount these bluffs \u2014 <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Yet harder still to know<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>That all we\u2019ll have of the promised land<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Is the view from Mount N'Voh. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How close the fertile promised land<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Where streams and rivers flow;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>But most of us will not descend<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>The summit of N\u2019Voh. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How few the chosen, lucky ones<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Who reach the path below<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And find the way to the promised land \u2014<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Released from Mount N\u2019Voh. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How many are the barriers \u2014<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>How high protrudes N\u2019Voh \u2014<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>How massive is the prison-gate<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Which will not let us go.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. History lesson<\/em>. The historical message is: Remember the days of old, Consider the years of ages past.\u201d And how do we learn? From generation to generation: \u201cAsk your father, he will inform you, Your elders, they will tell you\u201d (verse 7).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Adoptive or biological father<\/em>? Note the difference in the images employed in verse 6 versus the narrative of verse 10.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Divine doting<\/em>. Great images and metaphors in verses 10-11.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. The divine menu<\/em>. The ultimate abundance, and includes all the major food groups. See verses 13-14. By the way, with that sort of diet, it\u2019s no wonder that Jeshurun (i.e. Israel) grows fat. The problem is the next part: \u201cand he kicked\u201d (verse 15).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. The problem of monotheism.<\/em> Which is, that when there is only one God, he\u2019s responsible for everything - both good and evil. That\u2019s not easy (verse 39). <\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"The Daily Summary","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder: Deuteronomy 32","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Deuteronomy","chapter":"32","chapter_main_number":"185","date":"20260514","wall_id":"185"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/51775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}