for Parshat Mishpatim
i
Moses tells the people of God’s Laws.
The people say we will do
all that God wants of us.
Moses writes God’s Laws down.
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Then the people say
we will do and we will listen
to God’s Law:
adding the word
listen
to what has already been said.
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And God inscribes the Laws
into tablets of stone
for Moses to take down
to the people at the mountain base.
ii
What you do
is a matter of yourself.
You do not need anyone else
to simply do.
It is like writing thoughts on paper:
you formalize what is in your mind,
you achieve little in the world.
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Listening,
you bring what is outside
within you.
Listening to God,
you bring God’s words
God’s voice
within you.
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Listening to God,
you can make what you do on your own
what you do from yourself
an act that is filled up with God:
an act of holiness.
iii
And doing and listening
you make your deeds whole,
you make your deeds concrete:
like solid stone.
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Shabbat Shalom,
Abe
Please pray for Neshama Emuna bat Batya
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