And on Your Gates
from Torah Study 4/9
In the Shema we say to put these words ... on the gates. We learn that the gates are not the gates to our home, but the gates to our community.
In the story of Ruth, Boaz goes to the Gates to to discuss with the community how to "redeem their kinsman". There are other references to the "gate" of the community.
We must put the words on our gates.
In today's diaspora this custom has been lost. And yet we should feel good being a community out in the open and the words should surround us as it is commanded. These words transcend their literal meaning and have grown to encompass a feeling and a sense of wholeness for both the individual and the community of Israel everywhere.
In the Shema we say to put these words ... on the gates. We learn that the gates are not the gates to our home, but the gates to our community.
In the story of Ruth, Boaz goes to the Gates to to discuss with the community how to "redeem their kinsman". There are other references to the "gate" of the community.
We must put the words on our gates.
In today's diaspora this custom has been lost. And yet we should feel good being a community out in the open and the words should surround us as it is commanded. These words transcend their literal meaning and have grown to encompass a feeling and a sense of wholeness for both the individual and the community of Israel everywhere.
posted by Chavarah @ 5:40 PM
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