Bulletin SHOFTIM

y God. When Moses insulted the nation and struck the rock at Meribah, he
seemed to be acting under God’s auspices while in fact he was transgressing
them. For this, God condemns Moses to death, to not reaching the promised
land. So when Moses says that God will raise up another prophet like him,
perhaps he is being humble. That any prophet God raises up will be human,
will be fallible, just as Moses has been. Of course, water did indeed come out
from the rock, the second sign that Moses was a prophet held true. Even in the
moment when Moses transgressed God, God did not abandon us to our thirst.
Now, in Moses’s final speech, Moses lets us know that we are responsible for the
actions of our prophets. A prophet is God’s messenger to us. But we are the ones
who are able to choose whether or not to receive that message. When Moses
transgressed God, calling us out as rebels, perhaps we should have stood up and
rejected that message. If Moses, the best of prophets, can fail, then all prophets
can fail. All prophets can be like Moses. It is up to us and the other balances on
prophetic power to determine right and wrong, to find truth even when it is
hidden in human foibles.
5784 – 2023-2024
Selichot with Cantor Brody
Saturday, September 9 th – 8:00 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah
Friday, September 15 th – 6:15 p.m.
First Day:Saturday, September 16 th – 9:00 a.m.
Second Day: Sunday, September 17 th – 9:00 a.m.
Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre: Sunday, September 24 th – 6:00 p.m.
Monday, September 25 th – 9:00 a.m.
Yizkor – 11:30 a.m.
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