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On Sukkot, we take three branches of trees, and a citron, (etrog<\/em>), clasp them together and shake them up and down and back and forth and dance with them, leading up to the prayers for the life-giving rain on the holiday's culmination on the Eighth Day of Assembly, Shemini Atzeret<\/em>. Native Americans ain't got nothing on us.<\/p>\r\n

During the Great Hallel<\/em>, we shake our sacred vegetation in six different directions \u2013 forward and back, right and left, up and down: the six axes of three dimensional space. However, when saying the name of God, we cease movement, holding the minim <\/em>close to our hearts.<\/p>\r\n

This is the seventh direction, the one that binds all the others together, not an axis of physical space, but the direction of interiority, of the spirit, the meeting point at the Center. It is a sort of eye of the storm: that point of calm, when we are cognizant of the \"still, small voice\" (I Kings 19:12), when after being pulled and shaken in all directions, we are at rest, at one.<\/p>\r\n

But while the number seven is common in Judaism there is something different about this rhythm of 6+1 (which we see also in the week: 6 days of work + Shabbat). The three axes of physical reality each go off in two vectors, making six directions, all organized around and connected at the Center.<\/p>\r\n

The directions are replete with symbolism, all meeting at the Center, the point of connection and reconnection:<\/p>\r\n

\u2022 Backward and forward<\/em> movement calls up images of the unending passage of time \u2013 the connection to past and future, of past with future, the intergenerational responsibilities to both progenitors and progeny. We of course stand at the center, in the momentary present, building bridges of sentiment and action between history and memory of what has been, and between dreams and ideals of what yet could be.<\/p>\r\n

\u2022 Right and left<\/em> speak the language of politics, poignantly reminding us of the need to heal the wounds of our fragmented society: between conservative and progressive, between me\/in-group\/parochial and we\/out-group\/universal. Nobody sees themselves as an extremist \u2013 everybody sees themselves as standing firmly in the Center, surrounded by people and factions who are \"overboard\" in one direction or the other. We need to expand this Center, building bridges to all, for all.<\/p>\r\n

\u2022 Up and down<\/em> call out the eternal dyads of heaven and earth, transcendence and immanence, spirit and matter. One of the great unifications that we can strive for is to heal the great rift between body and soul, our temporal physical selves and our divine intimations of eternity, and bring into alignment our spiritual values and our social and ecological reality.<\/p>\r\n

The pastoral produce is a product of the redolent fecundity of the earth, the transpirational spirit-breath of the air, the radiant energy of the sun, and of the restorative, life-giving waters, of above and below can help ground you, and Center yourself, in our many worlds and realities.<\/p>\r\n

image: Leopold Pilichowski, Sukkot, 1894\/95 (wikipedia)<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":80794,"alt":"","title":"Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot.jpg","width":800,"height":618,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot-300x232.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":232,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot-768x593.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":593,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":618,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot.jpg","1536x1536-width":800,"1536x1536-height":618,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot.jpg","2048x2048-width":800,"2048x2048-height":618,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot.jpg","post_full_size-width":800,"post_full_size-height":618,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot-544x420.jpg","home_baner-width":544,"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":"Holiday Special","tile_main_caption":"At Sixes And Sevens: On Sukkot And Sacred Vegetation","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"There's a whole lot of shakin' goin' on...","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":80794,"alt":"","title":"Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot.jpg","width":800,"height":618,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot-300x232.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":232,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot-768x593.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":593,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":618,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot.jpg","1536x1536-width":800,"1536x1536-height":618,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot.jpg","2048x2048-width":800,"2048x2048-height":618,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot.jpg","post_full_size-width":800,"post_full_size-height":618,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Leopold_Pilichowski_Sukkot-544x420.jpg","home_baner-width":544,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","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":"","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"Psalms","chapter":false,"chapter_main_number":false,"date":false,"wall_id":"1116"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"448","name":"Ritual","old_id":"848"},{"term_id":"680","name":"Symbolism","old_id":"1080"},{"term_id":"846","name":"Sukkot","old_id":"1246"}]},{"order":3,"id":"80842","color":"#f6f5de","size":"1","name":"Deliverance Emanates from Zion ","post_title":"Deliverance Emanates from Zion","slug":"deliverance-emanates-from-zion","old_id":"80842","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":33877,"post_title":"Marc Bregman","slug":"marc-bregman","old_id":"33877","first_name":"Marc","last_name":"Bregman","description":"Marc Bregman received his Ph.D. from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1991. 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Our psalm, a vehement denunciation of atheism and associated sins, is repeated, nearly verbatim, in Psalm 53 (<\/span> Psalm 53<\/span><\/a>). Both Psalms end almost identically: \u201cO that the deliverance of Israel might come from Zion! When the Lord [\u201cGod\u201d in Psalm 53] restores the fortunes of His people, Jacob will exult, Israel will rejoice\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The expression translated \u201cO that \u2013<\/span>mi yiten<\/span><\/em>\u201d is a recurring Biblical idiom expressing a wish or hope, which might also be translated \u201cGrant\u2026\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Mi yiten<\/span><\/em> is similar to another Biblical expression <\/span>lu yehi <\/span><\/em>\u2013<\/span><\/i> \u201cLet it Be\u201d (<\/span>Genesis 30:34<\/span><\/a>). This expression was used by<\/span> \u00a0Naomi Shemer -- Lu Yehi<\/em><\/span><\/a> in translating the title and repeated refrain of the popular Beatles song \u201cLet it Be\u201d (for more on that expression and its use in the song - <\/span>see here<\/span><\/a>). The Biblical expressions of hope are often replaced in Modern Hebrew by the Rabbinic expression <\/span>halev\u2019ai<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash VaYiqra Rabbah 24:4<\/span><\/a> [Margulies edition, pp. 555-556],<\/span> Midrash Tehillim (end)<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> Pesiqta Rabbati (end)<\/span><\/a> employ our verse in an extensive celebration of Zion. Rabbi Levi said: All the good, the blessings and the consolations which the Holy One will give to Israel in the future will come from Zion. Deliverance is from Zion, as it says: \u201cO that the deliverance of Israel might come from Zion!\u201d (<\/span>14:7<\/span><\/a>). And similarly, Might, Blessing, the Sounding of the Shofar, life-giving Dew, Torah, and Divine help all come from Zion.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash Tehillim goes on to interpret that the repetition of <\/span>Mi Yiten<\/em> <\/span>in the final verse of both Psalms 14 and 53 may be compared to a Rabbi teaching his disciple. Moshe Rabbenu said: \u201cO that they [Israel] may be of a heart to revere Me [God] and follow all My commandments, that it may go well with them and with their children forever\u201d (<\/span>Deuteronomy 5:26<\/span><\/a>). His disciple David replied not once but twice (!) with the hope: \u201cO that the deliverance of Israel might come from Zion\u201d. And though what both Moses and David said may not come to pass in this world, their words will be fulfilled in the World to Come.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash Tehillim continues with a remarkable depiction of Jacob. When Israel suffers because of their sins, Jacob \u2013 though buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs (see<\/span> Talmud Bavli Eruvin 53a<\/span><\/a>) \u2013 feels their pain. And so too, when the final redemption comes, Jacob will exult together with Israel, as it says: \u201cWhen the Lord restores the fortunes of His people, Jacob will exult, Israel will rejoice\u201d (<\/span>14:7<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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they say God is dead
\r\n<\/span>then they do as they please
\r\n<\/span>but God sees
\r\n<\/span>everything<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He sees them
\r\n<\/span>sit down to dinner
\r\n<\/span>blood on their hands
\r\n<\/span>meat in their teeth
\r\n<\/span>laughing
\r\n<\/span>victorious
\r\n<\/span>as we mourn<\/span><\/p>\r\n

we cry
\r\n<\/span>they chew
\r\n<\/span>devouring us
\r\n<\/span>oblivious
\r\n<\/span>to our pain
\r\n<\/span>and God\u2019s
\r\n<\/span>presence<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He hears us
\r\n<\/span>He sees them
\r\n<\/span>He remembers
\r\n<\/span>everything<\/span><\/p>\r\n

we\u2019ll get out of this
\r\n<\/span>alive
\r\n<\/span>as God lives<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Excerpted from: Gaya Aranoff Bernstein,\u00a0Psalmsongs: A Gathering of Psalms<\/em>, (An Arthur Kurzweil Book, New York\/Jerusalem, 2013).<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":80037,"alt":"","title":"psalmsongs4","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","width":2894,"height":1928,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-1024x682.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":682,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1023,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1364,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-1200x799.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":799,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"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":"929 Poetry Corner","tile_main_caption":"Psalmsongs 14","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"they say God is dead then they do as they please","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":80037,"alt":"","title":"psalmsongs4","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","width":2894,"height":1928,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-1024x682.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":682,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1023,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1364,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-1200x799.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":799,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","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":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"Psalms","chapter":"14","chapter_main_number":"581","date":"20271121","wall_id":"581"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":5,"id":"80836","color":"#f2e9df","size":"1","name":"Future Salvation? 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This psalm explores the juxtaposition of the wicked people who do not believe in God, versus the righteous, who know to call out to God. In the final verse, the psalmist proclaims \"O that the deliverance of Israel might come from Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of His people, Jacob will exult, Israel will rejoice.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This final verse is oddly placed for a psalm purportedly written by David. At this time, David is running from Saul, yet this final verse sounds like one we would expect to hear from the later prophets. It concerns the expulsion of the northern tribes or the upcoming destruction of the Temple- both events that would take place centuries later!\u00a0 It's possible that David is having a prophetic vision here. In his own moment of distress- where he is running and hiding from his enemies, he calls out to God to save him. In his words he also calls out to the future generations who will be running and hiding from their own enemies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Just as David's salvation will come with a return to Zion, so too will the children of Jacob and the people of Israel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The previous psalm concluded with a characteristic expression of Jewish faith: \u201cBut I trust in Your faithfulness, my heart will exult in Your deliverance\u201d (13:6). The current psalm opens with the derisive retort of the \u201cbenighted\u201d (<\/span>nabal<\/span><\/em>) man: \u201cGod does not care\u201d (14:1). What kind of a man is a <\/span>nabal<\/span><\/em>?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As an adjective, <\/span>nabal<\/span><\/em> means foolish, senseless, or, as in our translation, benighted. As a verb, N-B-L <\/em>means to wither or fade. A noun, <\/span>nebeilah<\/span><\/em>, signifies a corpse, and another, <\/span>nebalah<\/span><\/em>, means \u201cfolly,\u201d or even \u201coutrage.\u201d The rape of Dinah was designated a <\/span>nebalah<\/span><\/em> (Gen. 34:7), as was the rape and murder of the concubine at Gibeah (Judges 19:23), which was also called a <\/span>zimah<\/span><\/em> (a lascivious act, 20:6). In short, it is a distinctly pejorative word.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In 1 Samuel 25:3, we encountered it as a proper noun: Nabal of Carmel (not the Carmel mountain range, but a locale in the southern Judean mountains.) After he refused to honor a commitment to David, David set out to punish him, but he was intercepted by Nabal\u2019s perspicacious wife, Abigail, who persuaded him to abort his mission, declaring of her husband: \u201cHis name is Nabal, and he acts like one\u201d (v. 25).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Here, too, the result of the <\/span>nabal<\/span><\/em>\u2019s<\/em> declaration that \u201cGod does not care,\u201d is that \u201cMan\u2019s deeds are corrupt and loathsome; no one does good,\u201d and: \u201cAll have turned bad (<\/span>hishchitu<\/span><\/em>), altogether foul; there is none who does good, not even one\u201d (1). The use of the verb Sh-Ch-T<\/em>, to destroy, is reminiscent of the Torah\u2019s fourfold repetition of that verb to describe the lawless, corrupt society on the eve of the flood (Gen. 6:11-12).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I would take issue, however, with the translation of <\/span>\u2018ein `oseih-tov<\/span><\/em> as \u201cno one does good.\u201d Note that the last two Hebrew words are hyphenated, signifying a construct of two nouns rather than a verb and direct object. Also note that the vocalization `<\/em><\/span>oseih<\/span><\/em> rather than `<\/em><\/span>oseh<\/span><\/em>, likewise indicates a noun rather than a verb. Combining these observations yields \u201ca do-gooder.\u201d Even in times of corruption there are people who do good; in the presence of \u201cGod does not care,\u201d however, it is rare to find someone whose being is defined by doing good.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":80840,"alt":"","title":"ps14-one way","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way.jpg","width":6000,"height":4000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"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":"","tile_main_caption":"The Roots Of Evil","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"And what it means to really do good","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":80840,"alt":"","title":"ps14-one way","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way.jpg","width":6000,"height":4000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-one-way-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","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":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"Psalms","chapter":"14","chapter_main_number":"581","date":"20271121","wall_id":"581"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":7,"id":"80827","color":"#e0e9ef","size":"1","name":"How Can We Doubt? 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\"The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any persons of discernment, any who seek God.\" (Psalm 14:2)<\/span><\/p>\r\n


\r\n<\/span>How can we doubt God's presence when it's day? <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>How can we doubt God's presence when it's night?<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>For even then there's light (\u2014 although this light <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>is often hard to see, or doesn't stay <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>for very long but quickly fades away <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>into the dark and what was once as bright <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>as sunshine is not bright, and what was white <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>is now perceived as just a hue of gray).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But nonetheless, in water and in air,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>in fire, in earth, His fingerprints are found, <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>the footsteps of His presence can \u2014 and must <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and shall be found \u2014 as certain as our fear<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>of death, as certain as our doubts abound,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>as certain as there's stardust in our dust.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":80828,"alt":"","title":"ps14-fingerprint","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint.jpg","width":4752,"height":3168,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"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":"929 Poetry Corner","tile_main_caption":"How Can We Doubt?","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"in water and in air \/ in fire, in earth, His fingerprints are found","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":80828,"alt":"","title":"ps14-fingerprint","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint.jpg","width":4752,"height":3168,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps14-fingerprint-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","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":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"Psalms","chapter":"14","chapter_main_number":"581","date":"20271121","wall_id":"581"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":8,"id":"80820","color":"#faeed8","size":"1","name":"From Your Lips: Psalm 14 ","post_title":"From Your Lips: Psalm 14","slug":"from-your-lips-psalm-14","old_id":"80820","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":79754,"post_title":"Reuben Ebrahimoff","slug":"reuben-ebrahimoff","old_id":"79754","first_name":"Reuben ","last_name":"Ebrahimoff ","description":"Reuben Ebrahimoff is the author of a \"user's guide\" to the Book of Psalms, entitled \"From Your Lips to God\u2019s Ears, The 10 Things You Need To Know About the Book of Tehillim \u2013 Psalms.\" Affectionately known as \u201cThe Haftorahman,\u201d was the first Mashadi Jew from Persia to attend Yeshiva in the U.S.A. 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Psalm 14:<\/p>\r\n

Author:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span><\/em>King David--the second king of Israel and father of the Davidic royal and messianic dynasty. David composed over seventy of the 150 psalms of Sefer Tehillim.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When and Why:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span><\/em>David wrote this psalm concerning the Israelites who betrayed him and revealed his location to Saul.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Genre:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span><\/em>Psalm of Individual Lament--This psalm was written from the perspective of the individual worshipper, who cries out to God in his time of need. It is characterized as an address to God involving a complaint, followed by a request and ending with an expression of trust.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Chapter Summary:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span><\/em>King David speaks against those who deny Divine Providence. He rejects the wicked man\u2019s belief that one can act with impunity. \u201cOh that out of Zion would come Israel\u2019s deliverance!\u201d, he cries. <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>This psalm consists of seven verses, subdivided into three parts. <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>In verses 1-3, King David laments how his people have deviated from the path of righteousness and gone astray.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>In verses 4-6, he rebukes the wicked and tells of the punishment to come.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>In verse 7, he expresses his hope for salvation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shimush Tehillim-When to Say:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span><\/em>For salvation from harmful words of others--Verse 7 states: \u201cOh that out of Zion would come Israel\u2019s deliverance! When Adonoy returns the captivity of His people, Jacob will exult, Israel will rejoice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Biblical People:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span><\/em>Ya\u2019akov--Jacob, also called Israel, son of Isaac and Rebekah and grandson of Abraham was the third Hebrew patriarch and the traditional ancestor of the people of Israel.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Yisrael--The Nation of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Biblical Places:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span><\/em>Zion--often used as a synonym for Jerusalem. The term Zion originally referred only to the area where a Jebusite fortress once stood, also the location of the City of David. Zion was later used by prophets and psalmists as another name for Jerusalem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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14:2 \u201cThe LORD from the heavens looked down on the sons of humankind to see, is there someone discerning, someone seeking out God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

These three versets are remarkable for involving enjambments from verset to verset (a rare maneuver) and avoiding semantic parallelism, which appears only at the end (\u201cdiscerning, \/...seeking out\u201d). Thus, the eye is drawn downward in a miniature narrative sequence, following the divine gaze, from the heavens to the human sphere. The illusion of the scoundrel that there is no God examining human actions is here spectacularly refuted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Where there\u2019s God, there\u2019s morality.<\/em> The psalm ties the view that there is no God, to the evil of the \u201cbenighted man.\u201d This becomes clearer in verse 2: if there is no one looking, then there is none to give an accounting to.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. The individual and the collective<\/em>. The psalm grapples with the personal experience of the individual facing evil, an experience that is applicable in every place and every historical period. The last verse connects the individual to the collective in a particular historical context, with a prayer for salvation, and a return from exile.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. A view from above on the evil below<\/em>. The idea that God is looking down on us (verse 2) and occasionally even descends to check out the situation down here on earth, we are familiar with. For instance, in the story of the tower of Babel: \u201cThe LORD came down to look at the city and tower that man had built\u201d (Gen. 11:5), or in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah: \u201cI will go down to see whether they have acted altogether according to the outcry that has reached Me\u201d (Gen 18:21).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Twin psalms<\/em>. 39 psalms from now - chapter 53 - we will get to the doppelganger of this psalm, and we\u2019ll try to understand what\u2019s going on. 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