Being an Insider in God's World
It would be comfortable and familiar to say, 鈥淲ell of course, this is what Rabbi A.J. Heschel meant when he coined the phrase 鈥渁 palace in time鈥 鈥 he was no doubt relating to why our Torah portion begins with the laws of Shabbat and continues with the building of the Mishkan (tabelnacle).鈥 But I would like to take us on somewhat of a different journey.
I have been accused of picking on one word of the Torah portion when crystallizing my thoughts, so I have chosen this week to limit myself to one vowel!
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