(for Parshat Terumah)
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The nation of Amalek comes to attack. Moses goes up to the hilltop, carrying his staff. Aaron and Hur go up with him. And Moses lifts his hand up.
And as Moses would lift up his hand, the people would overcome Amalek. But Moses’ hands grew heavy.
So Aaron and Hur helped Moses’ hands—one holding from here and one from here, and Moses’ hands hold steadfast until the sun sets.
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The raised hand is the sign of an oath.
(God swears years later: I will raise My hand to Heaven.)
The people overcome and are strong in the sign of the oath, in the steadfastness of a raised hand—
in the steadfastness of holding each others’ hands up.
ii
Aaron’s two hands from here, and Hur’s two hands from here, and Moses’ two hands and his staff in the center, all steadfast—
it is like the Menorah, the seven-branched Candelabra in the Temple:
three branches from one side and three from the second side, the seventh pole at the center,
all seven lit continually, for all generations.
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Our source of light
is like our source of strength:
many uniting together, sharing together for the long work.
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Shabbat Shalom, Abe
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Note: Aaron and Hur holding with two hands is my presumption; the text only says they “helped Moses’ hands.” But I think the fundamental parallel in structures stands regardless.
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Please pray for the premature infant Baer Yakov ben Emunah. Please pray for Fievel ben Chaya, Ahuvah Rachel bat Orah and for Rachel Tovah bat Yehudit Esther.
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