Ki
Tavo
The
image is very powerful.
Moses
and the Levites said in a loud voice: Cursed is the person who does such and
such thing against G-d (several times).
And
the people of Israel answered altogether “Amen” (several times), validating
what Moses and the Levites said.
Sometimes
we agree with what has been said, not because of the content but because of the
authority of the person who said it.
Our
task is not to question the authority of Moses or the Torah, but to question
whether we are saying Amen to words we have not seriously thought about and are
just agreeing with because of the authority of the person who spoke them.
In
memory of my beloved mother and teacher Miriam Rachel bat Israel Itzchak
Z"L
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