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Seraphim stood above Him, each with six wings\u2014with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he would fly. And one would call to the other, \u2018Holy, holy, holy! Lord of Hosts\u2014His presence fills all the earth!\u2019 (compare<\/span> I Kings 22:19<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> Ezekiel 1:4-28<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cHoly, holy, holy! God\u00a0 of Hosts\u2014His presence fills all the earth!\u201d is recited as part of the<\/span> Kedushah<\/span><\/a> <\/em>prayer. When reciting this prayer, it is customary to rise on one\u2019s toes with each repetition of the word \u201cHoly\u201d (<\/span>Kadosh<\/span><\/em>). This is based on<\/span> Midrash Tanhuma<\/span><\/a>: The sages ordained that because the seraphim used two of their six wings to fly with, one needs \u201cto fly\u201d on one\u2019s feet when the prayer leader recites \u201cHoly, Holy, Holy.\" Tanhuma further states that the seraphim used another two of their six wings to cover their feet, which were like calves\u2019 hooves (see<\/span> Ezekiel 1:7<\/span><\/a>), so as not to recall Israel\u2019s Sin of the Golden Calf.<\/span><\/p>\r\n According to<\/span> Midrash Aggadat Bereshit<\/span><\/a>, God appeared in various ways. To the prophet Amos God appeared standing, as it is<\/span> written<\/span><\/a>: \u201cI saw my Lord standing by the altar.\" Isaiah saw God sitting, as it is<\/span> written<\/span><\/a>: \"I beheld my Lord seated on a high and lofty throne.\" Moses saw God as a warrior, as it is<\/span> written<\/span><\/a>: \"The Lord is a man of war.\" And Daniel saw God as an elder, as it is<\/span> written<\/span><\/a>: \"The Ancient of Days took His seat.\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n Midrash Tanhuma<\/span><\/a> notes that Isaiah saw God sitting on just one \u201chigh and lofty throne\u201d, but<\/span> elsewhere<\/span><\/a> Scripture speaks of \u201cthrones\u201d: \u201cThrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat.\" This leads to a rabbinic discussion. Rabbi Yosi Ha-Galili says that the plural \u201cthrones\u201d denotes the Divine Throne with its separate footstool (<\/span>ipopodin<\/span><\/a>). 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The LORD of Hosts! His presence fills all the earth!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n Isaiah, apparently having his first vision of God despite it being the sixth chapter of the book, has a fearful reaction:\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\r\n I cried, \u2018Woe is me; I am lost! For I am a man of unclean lips And I live among a people Of unclean lips; Yet my own eyes have beheld The King LORD of Hosts.\u2019 Then one of the seraphim flew over to me with a live coal\u2026 He touched it to my lips and declared, \u2018Now that this has touched your lips, Your guilt shall depart And your sin be purged away.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\r\n I knew this story \u2013 I\u2019d learned it as a small child. In the story I\u2019d learned, Moses was the protagonist. In a story told in Exodus Rabbah 1:26, his loyalty to Pharaoh is tested with a bowl of jewels and a bowl of coals. Moses chooses the coals, touches one to his lips and gains the speech impediment the Torah tells us about. The question I always ask about these midrashic texts is \u2018what motivates the rabbis to write them?\u2019 What does this story add to our understanding of the words of the Bible?<\/span><\/p>\r\n In his book, <\/span>The God of Old<\/span><\/em>, Professor James Kugel writes that Moses and Isaiah are two of the many prophets who have a significant initial experience with God he calls a \u2018prophetic call narrative.\u2019 This experience includes the reluctance of the prophet to serve as God\u2019s spokesman \u2013 Moses\u2019 difficulty with speech is one of his many reasons not to go (see Exodus 3-4, especially 4:10) and Isaiah initially because of his impure lips.<\/span><\/p>\r\n The author of the midrash is making explicit the connection between Moses and Isaiah, by writing Moses into Isaiah\u2019s seminal experience. Why? Perhaps to shed a greater spotlight on Isaiah, whose life and teachings feature in our Haftarot, but are otherwise studied less.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Another similar motif between the two is fire: the burning bush in Exodus and the fiery seraphs with flaming coals in Isaiah hint even more at a connection between these two characters. Fundamentally, Isaiah\u2019s story is much simpler. He is touched with the coal and immediately consents to represent God, despite his initial reluctance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Isaiah 6 begins in a fantastical manner but ends much like many other chapters, with a prophet on a mission. Isaiah is going to tell the people to repent or die, and he is purified with a simple tap of coal to the lips. Modern Jewish life is not only about flashy burning bushes and splittings of the sea. 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It\u2019s not so clear, though, who prevents the people from listening.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Radak (the commentator, R. David Kimchi) offers two interpretations, one of which is reflected in the JPS translation:<\/span><\/p>\r\n Go, say to that people: \u2018Hear, indeed, but do not understand; See, indeed, but do not grasp.\u2019 Dull that people\u2019s mind, Stop its ears, And seal its eyes\u2014 Lest, seeing with its eyes And hearing with its ears, It also grasp with its mind, And repent and save itself\u00a0<\/span>(6:9-10).<\/span><\/p>\r\n Every translation involves interpretation, and this interpretation rests on the imperative, verb form. God commands that the people not absorb prophetic messages or be impressed by miracles, \u201clest\u201d they be inspired to repent before He can punish them as described in the ensuing verses.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Radak relates this reading to the account in Exodus of God hardening Pharaoh\u2019s heart, ensuring he doesn\u2019t give in to the plagues and let God\u2019s people go until He has punished the Egyptians sufficiently. Surprisingly like their earliest oppressor, the Jewish people have chosen wickedness to such a degree that they will not be allowed to repent and escape punishment so easily.<\/span><\/p>\r\n On the other hand \u2013 it wasn\u2019t only God who kept Pharaoh from being moved by the powerful displays of divine wrath. Taking the other approach to our text, Rashi also cites a parallel from Exodus \u2013 one in which Pharaoh apparently hardened his own heart. Similarly, Rashi explains, Isaiah criticizes the people for refusing to listen or to be inspired by God\u2019s wonders.<\/span><\/p>\r\n How, then, do we explain the imperative form and the \u201clest\u201d? Rashi continues, \u201cthey set their hearts not to listen to the words of the prophets, for they fear lest his words be good in their eyes and they would understand in their hearts and repent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n What a sharp insight into human nature.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Nobody is perfect, and it\u2019s important that we not allow criticism (our own or others\u2019) to bring us to self-loathing. But there is also a danger in the other direction, that we might embrace our imperfections to the point of actively resisting self-improvement. \u201cDon\u2019t tell me; I don\u2019t want to know what I\u2019m doing wrong!\u201d But often we do know, or we know that there is more to know. We know we could do better, but we actively close our ears and eyes to anything that might call us to that better, as if we\u2019re commanding ourselves to do so \u201clest\u201d we be moved to change. Change is hard; putting our heads in the sand is much more comfortable.<\/span><\/p>\r\n As is often the case, the two readings of our verse can work together, representing perhaps two levels of perception and reality. We\u2019d like to believe we resist inspiration and change because of some external force; a personified \u201cevil inclination\u201d (see Metzudat David) or even God Himself. 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This encounter with the \u2018Eternal Thou\u2019 seems to be a profoundly comforting one. It is also an experience of being commanded: although no propositional content is delivered, no one who encounters the Eternal Thou can remain unchanged; she is obliged to reorient her life, and especially her relations to others, in light of this moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n Finally, this revelation is a \u2018primordial\u2019 one \u2014 available at all times and places, always present in the here and now. This account of revelation is one which has proven very attractive to modern Jewish thinkers: it affirms the reality of a personal God to whom we can relate, it offers some kind of grounding for the idea of commandedness (especially in ethics), and, perhaps most importantly, it speaks of revelation as love and comfort.<\/span><\/p>\r\n We are presented with a very different picture of revelation in the sixth chapter of Isaiah. 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One, is that this is Isaiah\u2019s prophetic initiation. Another, is that it contains a description of the heavenly court and its attendant angels whose exchange of greetings (\u201choly, holy, holy,\u201d v. 3) is enshrined in the liturgical passage known as <\/span>kedushah<\/span><\/i> (holiness).<\/span><\/p>\r\n The threefold repetition of \u201choly\u201d was the cause for some consternation in the Middle Ages since it was cited by Christians as support for the Trinity. Ibn Ezra adduced other textual evidence (Jer. 7:4, 22:29) to indicate that it represents frequent or constant repetition, while Radak equated the three instances of \u201choly\u201d with three realms: the supernal realm of angels and souls; the medial realm of planets and constellations; and the lower realm of our world. <\/span><\/p>\r\n Malbim,* basing himself on the Aramaic Targum\u2019s rendition of the verse (\u201cHoly\u2014in heaven, His place of residence; Holy\u2014upon Earth, where His mighty deeds are performed; Holy\u2014forever and for all eternity\u201d), explained that God is holy in heaven because He has no form; Holy on Earth, because He is apart from matter; and Holy forever because He is excepted from absence.<\/span><\/p>\r\n After his initiation, Isaiah was instructed to deliver the following message, which, according to some medieval exegetes, was also his very first prophecy:<\/span><\/p>\r\n
\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\nRuth 3<\/a>
\r\nRuth 4<\/a><\/p>\r\n