i
There shall be no one who uses divination, or a soothsayer, or an
enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a
necromancer in your midst, Moses says.
For God has said: I will give you a prophet...and he shall speak to the people all that I shall command.
You must listen to that prophet.
ii
The soothsayer, the charmer, the medium (the fortune-teller, the
voodooist) are people whose role in life is to place the spirit-world
at the service of whoever hires them.
Hiring them, you say: Answer my question, fulfill my want, make me the focus of the whole metaphysical universe.
iii
But the prophet delivers the command of God.
He tells you what you must do.
He gives you responsibility in life.
iv
Do not turn to the soothsayer, Moses says.
Listen to the prophet.
Based on the philosophy of Rabbi Jonathan Sachs.
With gratitude, as always, to the editing of my wife Kathi.
Shabbat shalom, Abe
www.TorahParsha.com
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