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\u201cNow Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he had made him an ornamented tunic.\u00a0 And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of his brothers, they hated him so that they could not speak a friendly word to him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is something terribly irksome about inequity. At least for the ones on the outs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We all know that life is unfair, that some people are more gifted, more adored, more successful, than others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But when that inevitable inequity is flaunted before our eyes, when there isn\u2019t even an effort to pretend that everyone is equal, then animosity starts to churn and lashing out may not be far behind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is what happened to Joseph, and thus Jacob too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Bible is well-aware of life\u2019s constant assaults. And though they may be able to be borne for a while, they add up over time, often releasing their pain with undesirable consequences (whether we aim them outward, or inward).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Enter shmita. The sabbatical year is not just a structural effort to renew the land, or ease financial commitments through free access to food and the release of debts. It also serves to express the equal social dignity of everyone, everywhere in the boundaries of that community. Everyone has equal access and equal rights to the fields; everyone must gather food the same way. Everyone\u2019s need and vulnerability are on display.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So whether you wear a coat of many colors or a simple shift when you glean, shmita is a reminder that we are all the same: temporary tenants wholly dependent on the gifts of this God-given world.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And while shmita is at its most evident, and thus most powerful, in the seventh year, its presence in the biblical world was felt throughout the seven-year cycle. Just as we know on Tuesday that Shabbat is coming, that our weeks are framed by the Shabbat that is past and the Shabbat that is yet to come, so the years in biblical times were framed, book-ended, by shemittah. The vision \u2013 if not the full practice - of equity and dignity permeated the intervening years.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shmita can help us bring that awareness and practice of equity into our lives, not only in the seventh year, but in the entire cycle of our lives.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This year is the shmita year: Shmita means a sabbatical year for the Earth but also for ourselves, our communities, and our world. Each week we continue to 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

See here for more information on the Hazon Shmita project, and its 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In 1 Chronicles 16, we read of a song of praise given by the Levites when the Ark was brought to Jerusalem: \u201cThen, on that day, David first commissioned Asaph and his kinsmen to give praise to the L<\/span>ORD<\/span>\u201d (1 Chronicles 16:7)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The song, much of which is also found in Psalms 105, contains praises of God both for what He has done for the nation in the past, and also how He protects and sustains them in the present. As such, the sages found it fitting to include in the morning daily prayers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There are different traditions to the order of these prayers. According to one tradition, Nusach Ashkenaz, this section is read after the opening blessing of <\/span>Baruch She\u2019amar<\/span><\/em>. But other traditions, like Nusach Sefarad and Edot HaMizrach, place these verses at the very beginning of the morning service. The first verse of this song, \u201cPraise the L<\/span>ORD<\/span>; call on His name; proclaim His deeds among the peoples\u201d (1 Chronicles 16:8) opens with the Hebrew word <\/span>hodu<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(praise). So when people want to mark the schedule of the morning prayers, they often say that <\/span>Hodu<\/span><\/em>\u00a0will begin at a certain time.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The more literal meaning of the verb <\/span>hodeh<\/span><\/em>\u00a0(the singular of <\/span>hodu<\/span><\/em>) is \u201cto give thanks.\u201d It is the origin of the Hebrew word for \u201cthanks\u201d \u2013 <\/span>todah<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Today America marks the holiday of Thanksgiving. In Hebrew, this is usually rendered as <\/span>Chag Hahodaya<\/span><\/em>, using that same root. On Thanksgiving, it is customary to eat turkey. As it happens, the Hebrew word for the bird \u201cturkey\u201d is also <\/span>hodu<\/span><\/em>. While it might be entertaining to connect the two, they have entirely different origins.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The full name for turkey in Hebrew is <\/span>tarnegol hodu<\/span><\/em>. Since going back to biblical Hebrew (Esther 1:1)\u00a0<\/span>hodu<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>also means \u201cIndia,\u201d the word for turkey literally means \u201cIndian Chicken.\u201d This name is found in many European languages, including the Yiddish <\/span>indik<\/span><\/em>, which likely influenced the Hebrew version.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the turkey originated in North America, so why is it associated with India? This goes back to the mistake of the first Europeans who reached the Western Hemisphere, and thought they were in India and named the native people Indians. So their bird was an \u201cIndian Chicken\u201d, even though it came from nowhere near India.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If we take even a closer look at the two meanings of <\/span>hodu<\/span><\/em>\u00a0in Hebrew, we\u2019ll see that they weren\u2019t even initially pronounced the same. Unlike the verb meaning \u201cpraise,\u201d the word meaning \u201cIndia\u201d originally had a letter <\/span>nun<\/span><\/em>\u00a0embedded in it. It derived from the Persian <\/span>Hindu<\/span><\/em>, but as often happens in Hebrew, the <\/span>nun<\/span><\/em>\u00a0dropped out.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So enjoy your <\/span>hodu<\/span><\/em>\u00a0today, and give praise to God, but don\u2019t assume they are connected.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\"Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the people \u2026\"<\/em>
\r\n(First Chronicles 16:8)<\/p>\r\n

We thank You for providing us a bed,
\r\nA table and a lamp; the sky to tell
\r\nUs when it's time for us to pray; a well
\r\nFor water and a stove for baking bread.
\r\nWe thank You for the basics: yellow, red
\r\nAnd blue; the letters that we need to spell
\r\nOur children's names; the numbers which expel
\r\nA thousand zeros, kindling stars instead.<\/p>\r\n

We thank You for the most important things:
\r\nYour Words, which You have interwoven in
\r\nThe texture of our lives, this cloth You bring
\r\nTo us, Your people, Israel, who sings
\r\nYour song of songs and hears Your violin;
\r\nO God, accept our thanks for everything.
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This chapter is unusual in that it has no counterpart in the Book of Samuel.\u00a0 Chapter 11:1-9 parallels 2 Samuel 5:1-10 and 13:1 ff. parallels 2 Samuel 5:11 ff., but the details here, namely, \u201cThe following joined David at Ziklag while he was still in hiding from Saul son of Kish; these were the warriors who gave support in battle\u201d (1) are unique. Indeed, the only allusion to them previously is: \u201cAt that time Achish [king of Gath] granted him [David] Ziklag; that is how Ziklag came to belong to the kings of Judah, as is still the case\u201d (1 Samuel 27:6).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A significant detail about these warriors, however, does ring a bell: \u201cThey were armed with the bow and could use both right hand and left hand to sling stones or shoot arrows with the bow; they were kinsmen of Saul from Benjamin\u201d (2). This resonates with the description of 700 elite Benjaminite warriors about whom we are told that they were <\/span>\u201c<\/span>lefthanded; every one could sling stones at a hair, and not miss\u201d (Judges 20:16).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In my comments on Judges 3, I elaborated on this piquant theme: Members of a tribe named, literally, \u201cright handed\u201d (<\/span>Bin-yamin<\/span><\/em>), who are notably lefthanded. I focused there on Ehud ben Gera, a left-hander, who penetrated Moabite King Eglon\u2019s security perimeter by strapping a dagger to his right side where it went undetected because people usually strapped it to their left side to be drawn by the usually superior right hand.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Here I would like to offer an insight into Issachar. The other tribes who came to David at Ziklag are described in decidedly military terms. Gad: \u201cvaliant men, fighters fit for battle\u201d (9), Manasseh: \u201cvaliant men\u201d (22), Judah: \u201cequipped with shield and spear\u201d (24), Simeon: \u201cvaliant men, fighting troops\u201d (26), and Ephraim: \u201cvaliant men, famous in their clans\u201d (30). Curiously, when it comes to Issachar, they are described as: \u201cMen who knew how to interpret the signs of the times, to determine how Israel should act\u201d (33).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pseudo-Rashi also took this as military, commenting:<\/span> \u201cThey knew how to give counsel appropriate to the incident; David had to take counsel on how to strengthen the kingdom against the sons of Saul.\u201d Radak, however, relying on a midrashic tradition reported: \u201cThey knew how to intercalate [the solar and lunar calendars],\u201d a function assigned by tradition to the king.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Half of chapter 14 (v. 8-17) describes the initial battles that David fought with the Philistines. On two occasions, David consults with God regarding the tactics that he should use when defending his monarchy from the attacks waged by this hostile nation, and receives two different answers:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

10 David inquired of God: Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hands? And the LORD answered him: \u201cGo up, and I will deliver them into your hands\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n

14 David inquired of God once more, and God answered: Do not go up after them, but circle around them and confront them at the baca trees. 15 And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the baca trees, then go out to battle, for God will be going in front of you to attack the Philistine forces.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why does God tell David to use two different tactics, the first a direct confrontation with the enemy, and the second, a more indirect type of ambush? If God was fighting on David\u2019s behalf, then it shouldn\u2019t matter whether or not a direct attack was to be employed by David and his troops.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In his commentary to II Sam. 5:24, <\/span>Malbim <\/span>presents two interesting theories regarding God\u2019s changing His instructions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

First, after Saul failed to listen to the prophet Samuel\u2019s orders concerning the treatment of Amalek (I Sam. 15:3, 7-9, 18-9,) losing the kingship as a result (ibid. 11, 26), God was testing David\u2019s readiness to follow Divine guidance. In contrast to Saul, David fulfilled God\u2019s directives about the Philistines assiduously (II Sam. 5:20, 25; I Chron. 14:11, 16) thereby demonstrating his fitness to be king of God\u2019s people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Secondly, God was teaching David not to rely on his personal might and acumen as a warrior, and instead to defer to God\u2019s wisdom. Consequently, David responsibly inquired how he was to attack the Philistines, rather than devise a plan and execute it by himself.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Malbim<\/span>\u2019s first explanation focuses upon David\u2019s functioning as a king of Israel, fully beholden to God (see Lev. 25:42, 55.)\u00a0 The second interpretation could apply to all worshipers of God. They are expected to defer responsibility for actions, particularly when others are depending upon them, only to God. While the individual certainly can weigh in with an opinion based upon past experience, there is an expectation that a worshipper of God not make a move without first receiving Divine approval.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Such an expectation puts contemporary observant individuals, without direct contact with the divine, at a significant disadvantage. 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Chapter 14 contains two stories that appear in different chapters in II Samuel. The first half of the chapter tells of the friendship between David and the king of Tyre. The king of Tyre provides the materials needed for David to build the city of David. The second part of the chapter talks about the Philistine threat at the start of David's reign and David's double defeat of the enemy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The issue is that these two events seem to happen at different times according to II Samuel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The war with the Philistines and the king of Tyre sending materials happens in Chapter 5 of II Samuel <\/span>before<\/span><\/em> the Ark is moved the first time\u05ea as opposed to <\/span>after<\/em> <\/span>as depicted in I Chronicles. In II Samuel the entire Ark story is in one chapter. Why would the author of I Chronicles split the story?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is possible the author is trying to break up the story of the Ark to show that David was motivated to move the Ark again only after he had built the house with the help of the King of Tyre and that God blessed him with victories over the Philistines. This is different from the motivation ascribed in II Samuel, which seems to point to David wanting the blessings bestowed on the house of Obed-Edom. It is also possible the author of Chronicles wanted to move up the story of the Ark to show that David's initial motivation as King was not to have help from Tyre or to defeat the Philistines, but to move the Ark.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Up until this point when comparing II Samuel and I Chronicles, most of the differences are due to elevation of the house of David. In chapter 15, the opposite seems to be the case. During the second parade with the Ark to Jerusalem David takes front and center dancing and twirling in front of the procession. As he reaches the gates of Jerusalem, Michal, daughter of Saul and David's wife, peers out of the window and is horrified at what she sees.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Notice the difference in how the two books describe the event:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAs the Ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the LORD; and she despised him for it\u2026David went home to greet his household. And Michal, daughter of Saul, came out to meet David and said, \u2018Didn\u2019t the king of Israel do himself honor today\u2014exposing himself today in the sight of the slave girls of his subjects, as one of the riffraff might expose himself!\u2019 David answered Michal, \u2018It was before the LORD who chose me instead of your father and all his family and appointed me ruler over the LORD\u2019s people Israel! I will dance before the LORD\/ and dishonor myself even more, and be low in my own<\/span> esteem; but among the slave girls that you speak of I will be honored.\u2019\/ so to her dying day Michal daughter of Saul had no children\u201d (II Samuel 6:16, 20-23).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAs the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD arrived at the City of David, Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing, and she despised him for it.\u201d (II Chron., verse 29).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is a striking difference between the two books. II Samuel provides much more context, and an additional significant interaction that does not appear in I Chronicles. David addresses the queen and takes a swipe at her father- King Saul. It seems the perfect set up to bolster the house of David over that of Saul.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the attack on the queen could be why it is removed from Chronicles. Michal was David\u2019s first love. She helped save him from her father. She stood by his side during the transition. The rest of her life is sad. She is childless and David\u2019s affair with Batsheva ends up producing the heir to the throne. In an emotional moment, David lashes out at her, but maybe he regrets what he said. The fact that this whole exchange is deleted and Michal is said to just stew in her thoughts could be an indication that he did in fact regret this interaction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In this chapter, we encounter a reappearance of an entirely different order. On the successful completion of the transfer of the Ark to Jerusalem, we learn that \u201cThen, on that day, David first commissioned Asaph and his kinsmen to give praise to the L<\/span>ORD<\/span>\u201d (7). The ensuing words of praise (8-36) have their parallel in Psalms 105:1-18.\u00a0 As in the previous (and subsequent) instances of repetition, the parallel texts are overwhelmingly similar, and, again like the other examples, the few differences are instructive.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Let us take, for example, the invocation of God\u2019s miraculous interventions on behalf of Israel and the divine promise to the patriarchs of the Land of Israel:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1 Chronicles 16:12-113<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Remember the wonders He has done;<\/span><\/p>\r\n

His portents and the judgments He has pronounced,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

O <\/span>offspring of Israel<\/span><\/span>, His servant,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

O descendants of Jacob, His chosen ones.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

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Psalms 105:5-6<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Remember the wonders He has done,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

His portents and the judgments He has pronounced,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

O <\/span>offspring of Abraham<\/span><\/span>, His servant,<\/span><\/p>\r\n

O descendants of Jacob, His chosen ones.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

Radak, assuming that the text of Psalms is more authentic, explained the substitution of Israel for Abraham as follows:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the Book of Psalms, \u201coffspring of Abraham, His servant,\u201d and here, \u201coffspring of Israel,\u201d because what is intended by offspring of Abraham is the offspring of Israel. Abraham had other offspring, but the offspring of Israel is unique to us. So when he said \u201coffspring of Abraham\u201d the offspring of Israel [i.e., the Jewish people] is intended.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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