We Have been Here Before: Spiritual Wisdom for Enduring Covid-19
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We Have been Here Before: Spiritual Wisdom for Enduring Covid-19
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Yes, we are bamidbar (back in the wilderness), reliving the Torah’s Numbers chapter 12, when Miriam becomes infected with a scaly-white, highly contagious skin condition and quarantines herself outside the camp. Miriam the prophet, the soulful singer of new songs to God, whose wisdom discovers the wells of water in the wilderness, must cease her wonder-working to protect herself and her community. And while the chattering classes whisper about which offense might have gotten her punished, we who turn to science for insights into the world’s workings, know that the “God punishes you” theology (even though articulated in the Torah) is sheer nonsense that we must ignore.
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2022-12-13
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Rabbi Paul Kipnes
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