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The Yeshiva.net — Eikev 5784

Выпуск: The Yeshiva.net — Eikev 5784. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. 8/20/24, 8:14 PM TheYeshiva.net - Rabbi YY Jacobson Never Broken How a Rebbe Helped a Survivor Embrace His Fragments Rabbi YY Jacobson August 9, 2010 The Jewish Perspective Ammunition had run out for a unit in the Russian army, but it was still under fierce attack. https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/item/903/essay-parshas-eikev-elul-never-broken 1/7 8/20/24, 8:14 PM TheYeshiva.net - Rabbi YY Jacobson Although after the war he made aliyah to Eretz Israel (then known as Palestine), he completely abandoned Jewish practice and observance. "Before Your Eyes" In his farewell address to his people, in the Torah portion of Eikev, Moses recounts the moment when he descended from Mount Sinai with the two Divine tablets to present to the Jewish people[3]: "I descended from the mountain," Moses recalls, "the mountain was still burning with fire and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. Though the two sets were identical in content, containing the Ten Commandments, the second pair did not possess the same Divine quality as the first tablets, which were "G-d's handiwork and G-d's script[4]." The second tablets were Moses’ creation, endorsed by G-d, but not G-d’s own creation. G-d—the G-d who transcends all human logic, understanding, and imagination—was present in our broken pieces." "As difficult as it is for you and me to believe," the Rebbe concluded, "I want you to know that the extermination of our families, our communities, and our people occurred only 'before our eyes.' There remains a world in which the Jewish people are wholesome. He was not an objective preacher of religion; together with the Holocaust survivor, he walked through his https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/item/903/essay-parshas-eikev-elul-never-broken 3/7 8/20/24, 8:14 PM TheYeshiva.net - Rabbi YY Jacobson tunnel of darkness. It may be profound fear, shame, insecurity, guilt, disappointment, mistrust, or other forms of emotional trauma that afflict you, shattering your inner sacred and Divine “tablets.” Many of us create for ourselves a second pair of "tablets" in order to substitute for the first ones that were lost. The Final Month https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/item/903/essay-parshas-eikev-elul-never-broken 4/7 8/20/24, 8:14 PM TheYeshiva.net - Rabbi

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