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Thus said the Lord: Stand in the court of the House of the Lord and speak to all the towns of Judah, who are coming to worship in the House of the Lord, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Do not omit anything. Perhaps they will listen and turn back, each from their own evil way, that I may renounce the punishment I am planning to bring upon them for their wicked acts. Say to them, Thus said the Lord, If you do not obey Me, abiding by the Torah that I have set before you, heeding the words of My servants the prophets whom I have been sending to you persistently\u2014but you have not heeded\u2014 then I will make this House like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of earth\u201d (26:1-6).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n This is an abbreviated version of Jeremiah\u2019s Temple Sermon in<\/span> Jeremiah 7:1-15<\/span><\/a>. Here we are told that this sermon transpired: \u201cAt the beginning of the reign of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah\u201d (609 BCE). Then we hear of the violent reaction of those who heard Jeremiah\u2019s warning:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n And when Jeremiah finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, \u2018You shall die!\u2019 (26:7-8).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n The \u201cofficials of Judah\u201d sit in judgment of Jeremiah \u201cat the entry to the New Gate of the House of the Lord (verses 10-11). In his defense, Jeremiah says that he is prophesying in the name of God (verses 12-15). In what follows, the officials and all the people find reason not to condemn Jeremiah to death. And<\/span> finally, we are told: \u201cBut, Ahikam son of Shaphan protected Jeremiah, so that he was not handed over to the people for execution.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n Ahikam<\/span><\/a> (whose name appropriately means \u201cMy brother has risen\u201d) was one of those whom King Josiah sent to consult the Prophetess Huldah after the discovery of the Scroll of the Torah in the Temple (<\/span>II Kings 22:12-20<\/span><\/a>). Moreover, we are told that Ahikam was an important figure in the royal court of Judah. Gedaliah, the governor of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians is frequently mentioned as the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, the royal secretary (see<\/span> II Kings 25:22<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Jeremiah 40:5-15<\/span><\/a>). 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Jeremiah goes to the Temple gates to rail against the people and the city:<\/span><\/p>\r\n Then I will make this House like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of earth (verse 6).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n The people are furious when they hear what the prophet has to say, and they surround him and want him thrown in prison, or worse. Jeremiah\u2019s reference to Shiloh and the people\u2019s reaction to prophecy against the Temple connects this chapter to Jeremiah\u2019s prophecy in chapter 7. There he told the people:<\/span><\/p>\r\n Don\u2019t put your trust in illusions and say, \u2018The Temple of GOD, the Temple of GOD, the Temple of GOD are these [buildings] (7:4).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n He referred them to Shiloh, which was also the house of worship and yet God allowed it to be destroyed by the Philistines.<\/span><\/p>\r\n The message of chapter 26, though, is also directed at the false religiosity of the people:<\/span><\/p>\r\n How dare you prophesy in the name of GOD that this House shall become like Shiloh and this city be made desolate, without inhabitants? And all the people crowded about Jeremiah in the House of GOD\u2026 The priests and prophets said to the officials and to all the people, \u2018This man deserves the death penalty, for he has prophesied against this city, as you yourselves have heard\u2019 (verses 9, 11).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n The people are not upset about the message Jeremiah is bringing, but about the idea that he is prophesying against the Temple. They are more upset that he violated a law against cursing the Temple (and by connection, God), then the fact they themselves are the cause of the Temple\u2019s destruction. In verse 15 Jeremiah reminds the people that they are about to commit a far worse act under the guise of protecting some sacred law against cursing the Temple:<\/span><\/p>\r\n But know that if you put me to death, you and this city and its inhabitants will be guilty of shedding an innocent\u2019s blood. 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If they do repent, \u201cGod can renounce the punishment he\u2019s planning to bring upon them\u201d. But if not, \u201cthen I will make this House like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of earth\u201d (26:6).<\/span><\/p>\r\n I recently had the opportunity to visit Shilo, explore its rich history and wonder about the prophet\u2019s words.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Shiloh sits on a beautiful hill with widespread views in the very heart of the Shomron \/ Samaria \/ West-Bank, in the midst of what was once the tribal territorial allotment of the tribe of Ephraim (Jud. 21:19). Long before Solomon\u2019s first Temple was built in Jerusalem, here was the first site of the <\/span>mishkan<\/span><\/em> (Tabernacle). 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Samuel who was trained here became one of the greatest prophets of Israel, anointing the first two kings of Israel, Saul and David. At some point, the tent was replaced with a stone structure, and festive pilgrimages headed here for holidays. However, by the time Jeremiah comes around, over three hundred years later, Shiloh had been reduced to ruins and its destiny used as a threat and warning.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Since 1922, archeologists have uncovered the city and learned more about its past. They have found fascinating artifacts. Aside from shards dating to the Israelites\u2019 time, there are also remnants of a Byzantine church and its basilica, a mosaic floor, water holes, walls, houses, an olive-press and a small mosque built from the earlier stones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n Today, the site of the ancient town is once again open to passing travelers. 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Furthermore, it exposes our capacity for committing violence against those who express those truths. In this chapter, the Israelites, led by their priests (!) and their (false) prophets attempt to put Jeremiah to death for treason because he condemns their evil ways and prophecies their demise if they do not repent. The chapter further describes king Jehoiakim and his cabinet pursuing another prophet who holds a mirror up to their society, Uriah, dragging him back from his refuge in Egypt to execute him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Rather than grappling with the allegations of these prophets \u2013 that society had become corrupted by violence, injustice, idolatry \u2013 leaders and their constituents respond by trying to stamp out the voice that adjures them.\u00a0 It is a common story: no one, no community, no society wants to be told that its basic conventions are profoundly wrong, that its roots have become rotten. And the desperation that ensues to do everything but self-reflect is typical. 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Before this point, Jeremiah had repeatedly stated that his life was in danger because of his prophecies, beginning with a conspiracy against him by the people of his hometown, Anathoth. Now the threat is explicit and imminent. One should recall that at this moment towards the end of the seventh century B.C.E Judah was gravely menaced by the Babylonian army. One might imagine a preacher in California in 1942, when there were fears of a Japanese invasion, repeatedly declaring that the land would be laid waste for the evil of its ways and that Los Angeles and San Francisco would be turned into rubble by a cruel enemy coming from across the great ocean. Such a person would surely have been arrested for treason and perhaps subjected to capital punishment. The anger against Jeremiah is scarcely surprising.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible<\/em>, vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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Jeremiah stands at the entrance to the Temple in the hope that he will awaken the hearts of those who flock to the Temple. \"Perhaps they shall hear, and each shall turn back from his evil path, and I shall revoke the evil.\" Jeremiah knows the royal household is undeserving, but perhaps, through renewed efforts, he will succeed in saving the Temple and Jerusalem from destruction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n The only way to rouse the people is through visions of rage and doom. Jeremiah therefore spews short, staccato words of destruction. This is no fanciful, elaborate prophecy. It contains no sophisticated images or vague, elusive metaphors. It is cutting, straight to the point: The Temple is doomed like Shiloh, and the city will be cursed. All who hear him are shocked. They may recognize him from the days of Josiah, when he wandered the streets and called for the purging of idol worship. No one paid him any attention then. 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\u05e0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05de\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc \u05d0\u05de\u05ea \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05ea \u05d5\u05dc\u05db\u05df \u05d0\u05d7\u05ea \u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d1\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc: \u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05e8\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea, \u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05e2 \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05e2. \u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05de\u05e0\u05e1\u05d4 \u05de\u05d9\u05e9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05d3 \u05de\u05e9\u05d4\u05d5, \u05e9\u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05db\u05dc\u05d5\u05dc \u05d1\u05d4\u05e2\u05dc\u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e1\u05db\u05de\u05ea \u05e9\u05e0\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05ea \u05d2\u05d1\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e9\u05d9\u05d7, \u05d2\u05d1\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05d0\u05d3, \u05d0\u05d2\u05d1, \u05d5\u05db\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05de\u05d5\u05e2\u05de\u05d3 \u05d0\u05dc \u05e2\u05de\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05e7\u05dc\u05d5\u05df.<\/span><\/p>\r\n
\r\nIt is comprised of a wide range of sources, both traditional and contemporary, that we hope will help you analyze and reflect on the tefillot and broader significance of the Day of Atonement.
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\r\nThis year\u2019s reader explores the concept of teshuvah, repentance, as an act of education, and contains reflections from our Director of Education,\u00a0Shira Hecht-Koller<\/a>\u00a0(\u201cPicasso\u2019s Bull as a Template for Teshuvah\u201d) and our featured writer\u00a0Ari Hoffman<\/a>\u00a0(\u201cKnowing Too Much, or Not Nearly Enough\u201d) alongside many other educators and leaders in the Jewish community.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t
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