Bernard S. Antin's Blog – December 2007 Archive (3)

Not Bush League

Moshe while tending his father-in-law’s flocks encounters a remarkable sight, a burning bush (Shemoth 3:1-2). The bush is enveloped in fire but is not consumed. It is here G-D communicates to Moshe that time for redemption had arrived (3:6-10). The image of the bush remaining unscathed amid the flames is an image symbolic of the Jewish experience.…

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Added by Bernard S. Antin on December 27, 2007 at 7:13am — No Comments

FAST, FINALE & FUNDAMENTALS

Shabbat is alternatively seen as receiving from the preceding week and containing the potential of the week to come. A third approach is to see…
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Added by Bernard S. Antin on December 21, 2007 at 4:38pm — No Comments

ACROSS TIME YOSSEF AND ANTIOCHUS

A central teaching of Chassidut is that G-D is so involved in His creation that there is no such thing as coincidence, only Provenance. Therefore, the fact Parashat Miketz and Chanukah coincide every year is deliberate and that both are connected.

The events of Miketz took place between the years 2229-2238, some 3,529 years ago. The Chanukah…

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Added by Bernard S. Antin on December 7, 2007 at 7:55am — No Comments

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