Kol Nidre
Item
Title
Kol Nidre
Description
I spoke about Amalek, the ancestor of Haman who preyed upon the vulnerable as we made our way through the midbar. I described Amalek as the archetypal villain who represents, based on Rashi’s commentary, the cruelty of random chance, like the random lots of the Purim story that decree the destruction of the Jews. I described Amalek as that spiritual state of doubt, meaninglessness, chaos, that spiritual state that we have come to know all too well in these last 6 months.
Subject
Analogies to Mythic Narratives
has community
Congregation Netivot Shalom
Spatial Coverage
Berkeley, CA
has denomination
Orthodox Judaism
Date Submitted
12/4/2020 11:28