Thursday, February 4, 2010

Togetherness (For Parshat Yitro)

i

The people come to Moses to inquire of God, to know God’s Law, from morning to evening.

Moses’ father-in-law says to him: this work is too heavy for you to bear alone.

You will surely wear away.

So Moses brings able men out of all Israel, to share his burden.

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God and Moses are together, up on the Mountain.

The rest of the people are below.

God says to Moses: Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to HaShem to gaze; and many… perish.

Moses joins the people, below.

Then, God utters the Commandments.


ii

You can stand alone with God, close with God.

Or you can come to God as one person, amongst the whole people.

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The second path is our way.

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