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Shmita is a practice in thinking about the future and in our ability to comprehend a time beyond this year, or even beyond next year. When we practice Shmita we think in increments of seven years, of forty-nine years, of fifty. These are generational timespans, that call on us to expand our thinking into the days of our children and grandchildren.<\/p>\r\n

Our week\u2019s Torah portion is Chukat, a goody bag of a parasha <\/em>full of huge and important subjects.\u00a0The Haftarah on the other hand tells us the story of the warlord Jephthah and ends with a vow he takes:<\/p>\r\n

\"And Jephthah made the following vow to the LORD: 'If you deliver the Ammonites into my hands, then whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me on my safe return from the Ammonites shall be the LORD\u2019s and shall be offered by me as a burnt offering'\" (Judges 11:30-31<\/a>). \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

We know the story ends with Jephthah sacrificing is daughter (and only child) in a heart-wrenching conclusion to his sad life. Generations of Torah commentary and midrashim have struggled with this cruel act of child sacrifice, and in one ancient midrash they add \u201cThen the Ruach Hakodesh\u2019s (Holy Spirit) screamed out \u2018Did I desire you to sacrifice lives to me, which I never commanded, never spoke for, and which never entered my mind?!\u2019\u201d<\/em> We won\u2019t focus on the question of sacrifice today, but rather on the puzzling fact of Jephthah not annulling his vow, but rather imagining he\u2019s allowed to sacrifice his future to enjoy the present. In the Midrash, Jephthah had the opportunity of going to the High Priest and cleansing his vow, but he was too arrogant to go there, and the priest was too arrogant to come over to him. And in the background the Ruach HaKodesh is shrieking, and the children are crying on the mountains for the lost youth of Jephthah\u2019s daughter. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

This is us today. This is our generation of adults, arrogantly acting as if we can decide who and what to sacrifice for our life of comfort. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

But Shmita teaches us that we are only guests here on the Land, and it teaches us that we are always planning for at least seven years in the future, if not for forty-nine or fifty. When we think in these chunks of time, we must see beyond ourselves, we must think about our children and children\u2019s children and the Earth we leave for them.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Torah\u2019s prohibition of child sacrifice is not only about recoiling from murder, but also from the notion that our generation is the last one that counts. Now we need to translate this Torah into contemporary practice. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The next shmita year begins next Rosh Hashanah 2021, only a few months from now. We still have some time to prepare. As we move through 5781 we invite you to join us in preparation for the upcoming shmita year \u2013 a sabbatical year for the Earth but also for ourselves, our communities, and our world. Each week we will share thoughts on how the weekly parsha can help guide our thinking around shmita themes of work and rest, wealth and debt, responsible land use, fair labor practices, private and public property ownership, and physical and spiritual revitalization.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Join us for the journey.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

See here for more information on the Hazon Shmita project, and its blogs.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/section>","post_main_content_image":{"id":81608,"alt":"","title":"shmita","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","width":711,"height":708,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","medium_large-width":711,"medium_large-height":708,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","large-width":711,"large-height":708,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","1536x1536-width":711,"1536x1536-height":708,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","2048x2048-width":711,"2048x2048-height":708,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","post_full_size-width":711,"post_full_size-height":708,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-422x420.jpg","home_baner-width":422,"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":"A Weekly Series: The \"Shmitah Parasha\" Blog","tile_main_caption":"Chukat: Child Sacrifice and Shmita","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"in conjunction with Hazon.org","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":81608,"alt":"","title":"shmita","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","width":711,"height":708,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","medium_large-width":711,"medium_large-height":708,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","large-width":711,"large-height":708,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","1536x1536-width":711,"1536x1536-height":708,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","2048x2048-width":711,"2048x2048-height":708,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita.jpg","post_full_size-width":711,"post_full_size-height":708,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shmita-422x420.jpg","home_baner-width":422,"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":"Job","chapter":false,"chapter_main_number":false,"date":false,"wall_id":"1153"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":2,"id":"94135","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Suffering - Meaning = Despair ","post_title":"Suffering - Meaning = Despair","slug":"suffering-meaning-despair","old_id":"94135","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":93281,"post_title":"Ariel Goldberg","slug":"ariel-goldberg","old_id":"93281","first_name":"Ariel ","last_name":"Goldberg ","description":"Ariel Goldberg is a therapist in in Washington DC. 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In the aftermath of his tragedies, the quid pro quo understanding Job thought he had with God becomes implausible. <\/span>\u00a0In his commentary on the book of Job N.C. Habel surmises that this leaves Job feeling that <\/span>there is \u201cno future, no justice, no relief and no purpose that he can discern.\u201d\u00a0 With this loss of meaning, Job\u2019s life loses its foundation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0A person <\/span>\u201cis ready and willing to shoulder any suffering so long as he can see meaning in it\u201d writes Viktor Frankl in <\/span>Man\u2019s Search for Meaning<\/span><\/em>. <\/span><\/i>\u201cBut as soon as he fails to find meaning the same burden can become unbearable\u201d. This suffering in the absence of meaning is what Frankl terms <\/span>despair<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

Blake depicts Job\u2019s despair in an illustration of the visit of Job\u2019s three friends. Instead of using Job\u2019s estate as a backdrop, as in his earlier illustrations, Blake inserts a labyrinth, symbolizing the seeming inescapability of Job\u2019s torment. The positioning of Job\u2019s eyes and hands, in contrast to those of his friends, are telling. Job\u2019s friends are shown gazing off toward a light, representing God. Their hands are upraised in prayer. But Job\u2019s gaze is turned away from the light and his friends, bespeaking his alienation from God and humanity. Job\u2019s hands hang limp. The sun that had blazed in earlier illustrations is setting, symbolizing how Job feels abandoned by God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To overcome his despair and find a new sense of meaning, Job needs to become responsive to his situation, rather than accept it passively. <\/span>The first step in this process involves Job recognizing that his existing sense of meaning is unrealistic. In <\/span>the Doctor and the Soul <\/span><\/i>Frankl notes that suffering <\/span>\u201cestablishes a revolutionary tension in that it makes for emotional awareness of what ought not to be<\/span>.\u201d <\/span>The tension between Job\u2019s undeserving suffering and his existing perception of God shocks Job into realizing he needs to think differently.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There are hints of the mental shift Job needs to make when he tells his friends: <\/span>\u201cWhat you know, I know also\u201d (Job 13:2).\u00a0 What Job and his friends know is an understanding of God that they received second-hand, from their parents and teachers. Now Job\u2019s task is to discover God for himself. He begins this process by being honest with God about his despair<\/span>, lamenting:\u00a0 <\/span>Why do You hide Your face and regard me as your enemy? Will You harass a driven leaf or who would prosecute a dry straw?... So I am a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten<\/span><\/em> (verses 24-25, 27-28).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Job is an example for us all. Unless we can be honest with God about our emotions, we can never have an authentic relationship.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When the sages canonized the Tanach they carefully chose which books to include. Many were rejected. The fact that Job made the cut signifies, I believe, that is \u201ckosher\u201d to be angry with God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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When Job declares his intention to make himself heard before God and pleads for the opportunity to make his case, he does so with the full disclaimer that his challenge is not made with the intention of denigrating God but rather within the context of his trust in God and need to understand.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWere He to kill me, I would still yearn for him, but I will justify my ways to His face\u2026for no hypocrite will come before him (8:15-16)\u201d, declares Job. Rashi comments that Job is counting on God viewing his apparent belligerence in arguing his case within that context of unconditional devotion. And if that is the case, then to not press for a deeper understanding of God\u2019s ways would be tantamount to hypocrisy for Job.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbi Shimon Schwab comments on Job\u2019s need for understanding, suggesting that in Job\u2019s mind, God gave man a brain in order to understand Him to the extent humanly possible. At the same time, God has sent such severe suffering Job\u2019s way, so too did He give Job the brains to understand why, and it is incumbent on Job to do everything in his power to do just that. For Job, argues Rav Schwab, \u201cthe service of God, and contact with Him, could be practiced on the highest level only with the mind.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rav Schwab continues his commentary on this chapter by contrasting Job\u2019s methodology of service with that of Abraham who was confronted with a commandment from God to sacrifice his son Isaac: a commandment that was diametrically opposed to what Abraham already knew to be true. God had promised Abraham that the future Jewish nation would come from Isaac (Genesis 21:11), so to now wholeheartedly follow the word of God in the sacrifice of Isaac could only be accomplished by employing a faith so strong that it would temporarily subjugate Abraham\u2019s mind.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Job\u2019s service of God, according to Rav Schwab, was knowledge-based, and therefore limited. That is not to say that knowledge isn\u2019t vital in how we conduct ourselves. We value knowledge and learning so much so that we learn the same texts over and over again in our endeavor to continually deepen our understanding of God. But what Abraham had that Job did not was the ability to allow his faith to take over when his knowledge-based understanding was exhausted. 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Job continued to respond to his friends, reiterating that he would welcome the opportunity to address God: \u201cIndeed, I would speak to the Almighty; I insist on arguing with God\u201d (3). His friends, however, \u201cinvent lies\u201d (<\/span>tof\u2019lei shaker<\/span><\/em>); they are <\/span>rof\u2019ei elil<\/span><\/em> (4), whose translation varies. NJPS translated it as \u201cquacks,\u201d which completes the synonymous parallelism with \u201cinvent lies,\u201d while the OJP\u2019s translation, \u201cphysicians of no value,\u201d is somewhat quainter. Alter\u2019s \u201cquack healers\u201d makes the literal sense of <\/span>rof\u2019ei<\/span><\/em> more obvious, noting: \u201cThe relevance of this epithet is that Job\u2019s companions seek to \u2018heal\u2019 his grievous ills.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Verse 15 in this chapter, however, features an \u201cin-house emendation,\u201d my term for a <\/span>k\u2019ri u-k\u2019tiv<\/span><\/em>\u2014 an instance in which the Masoretic Text \u201ccorrects\u201d itself. The verse reads: \u05d4\u05b5\u05df \u05d9\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d8\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 [\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9] (\u05dc\u05d0) \u05d0\u05b2\u05d9\u05b7\u05d7\u05b5\u05dc - <\/span>hen yikteleni lo ayachel<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Both pronounced <\/span>lo<\/span><\/em>, the word is read <\/span>\u05dc\u05d5<\/span>, <\/span><\/i>\u201cto him\u201d while written <\/span>\u05dc\u05d0 <\/span>\u201cnot,\u201d leading to alternate translations and interpretations. The King James version translated: \u201c<\/span>Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him,\u201d the positive sense indicating that they preferred the way the word was read (<\/span>\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9<\/span>) over its spelling <\/span>(\u05dc\u05d0)<\/span>. This rendition predominated among the older (19<\/span>th<\/span>-20<\/span>th<\/span> century) English translations.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lately, however, the tide seems to have turned. NJPS translated it \u201cHe may well slay me; I may have no hope,\u201d and Alter: \u201cLook, He slays me, I have no hope,\u201d indicating their preference for the written version(\u05dc\u05d0)\u00a0 over the articulated one <\/span>(<\/span>\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9<\/span>)<\/span>. Alter\u2019s note explains:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The intended sense of this famous line is ambiguous. This translation follows the consonantal received text (<\/span>ketiv<\/span><\/em>). The marginal correction (<\/span>qeri<\/span><\/em>) changes\u00a0 <\/span>lo\u2019<\/span><\/em> (no) to <\/span>lo<\/span><\/em> (for him), yielding \u201cthough He slay me I will hope for Him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Job\u2019s intent herein is stipulated by Malbim as follows:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Should I fear that He will slay me for speaking out against Him? \u201cI will place my hope in Him:\u201d My hope is precisely that He should speedily take my life so that I shall be freed from the afflictions that are more severe than death. \u201cYet I will argue my case before Him:\u201d and clarify that I am to be judged righteous.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Job 14 unexpectedly adopts an individualistic perspective regarding personal longevity. He does not present the view that one lives on through one\u2019s children, an idea that is articulated in any number of Jewish biblical sources. For instance:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

1)\u00a0 Death-bed blessings suggesting that a parent lives on and at least vicariously, will share in what happens to his offspring (Gen. 49; Deut. 33).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

2)\u00a0 God\u2019s blessing to Abraham about his descendants, and how, long after his death, they would return to the land of Canaan (Gen. 15:13-20).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Instead, Job bemoans his mortal finitude, and the fact that once a human being dies, they\u00a0 cannot look forward to anything anymore:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cHe blossoms like a flower and withers; he vanishes like a shadow and does not endure.\u201d (verse 2).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cBut (<\/span>in contrast to trees<\/span><\/em>) mortals languish and die; man expires; where is he?\u201d (10).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cYou overpower him forever and he perishes; You alter his visage and dispatch him\u201d (20).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Job apparently does not believe that after death the departed will be able to observe what their children either accomplish or don\u2019t: \u201cHis sons attain honor and he does not know it; they are humbled and he is not aware of it\u201d (21-22).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In a subsequent chapter, Job articulates the view that once a person dies, he has no concern whatsoever with what occurs to his family members, including his children: \u201cFor what does he care about the fate of his family, when his number of months runs out? (21:21).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While it is possible that Job arrived at these dour thoughts due to, at least in part, a portion of the afflictions that beset him, after God agreed to place him under Satan\u2019s control (see chapter 1:2, 13-15), it nevertheless seems that this book diverges significantly from Jewish tradition in this regard.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Even if Job actually existed, something that the rabbis debate in Bava Batra 15a-b, it is possible that he, and his values, weren\u2019t Jewish (Ibid. 15b.). This position is buttressed by his negative attitude towards the soul\u2019s eternity, and interactions between the deceased and their children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Maimonides, in his <\/span>Guide to the Perplexed <\/span><\/em>(III:22), argues that while Job is described in glowing terms at the outset of the book, the Bible does not say of him that he was <\/span>intelligent<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i> He writes: \u201c\u2026<\/span>If he were wise he would not have any doubt about the cause of his suffering\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Could Job\u2019s attitude with regard to eternity also be a function of his lack of intellectual sophistication, rather than his having adopted non-Jewish values?<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":94216,"alt":"","title":"job14-hmm mystery wonder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder.png","width":1920,"height":1440,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-300x225.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-768x576.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-1024x768.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1440,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-1200x900.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":900,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-560x420.png","home_baner-width":560,"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 Non-Jewish Job","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"What does he care about the fate of his family when he's gone?","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":94216,"alt":"","title":"job14-hmm mystery wonder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder.png","width":1920,"height":1440,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-300x225.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-768x576.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-1024x768.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1440,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-1200x900.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":900,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/job14-hmm-mystery-wonder-560x420.png","home_baner-width":560,"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":"Job","chapter":"14","chapter_main_number":"762","date":"20280731","wall_id":"762"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":6,"id":"94206","color":"#f6edf6","size":"1","name":"\"Hope Is The Thing With Feathers\" ","post_title":"\"Hope Is The Thing With Feathers\"","slug":"hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers","old_id":"94206","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":92270,"post_title":"Shimon Lerner","slug":"shimon-lerner","old_id":"92270","first_name":"Shimon ","last_name":"Lerner ","description":"Shimon Lerner teaches physics at the JCT Lev Academic Center in Jerusalem. 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One of the central disagreements between Job and his friends revolves around the idea of hope. Throughout the first round of exchanges, this theme rears its head every now and then. The question is whether or not to despair and relinquish all hope.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Recall where the word <\/span>Tikvah<\/span><\/em> or the root <\/span>k-v-h<\/span><\/em> has appeared thus far:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Job starts out in chapter 3 in utter despair.<\/span><\/p>\r\n