Weekly Torah Gatherings – Sun 1/22 - Lerhaus

What do the documents say & the fine art of “dwelling in the dark”

You may laugh and scoff, if it’s spooky I’m off
At the first sign of something not right

It’s true what I’ve said, I’m afraid of the dead
And (the) things that go bump in the night
(Shel Silverstein)

“and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt . . . ” Book of Exodus 10:22

Notes 1: darkness descends . . . and there is light

כב וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֶת-יָדוֹ, עַל-הַשָּׁמָיִם; וַיְהִי חֹשֶׁךְ-אֲפֵלָה בְּכָל-אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים.	Exodus 10:22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
כג לֹא-רָאוּ אִישׁ אֶת-אָחִיו, וְלֹא-קָמוּ אִישׁ מִתַּחְתָּיו–שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים; וּלְכָל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיָה אוֹר, בְּמוֹשְׁבֹתָם.	23 they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

Notes 2: face and live:

מֵעָלָ֑י הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֗ אַל־תֹּ֙סֶף֙ רְא֣וֹת פָּנַ֔י כִּ֗י בְּי֛וֹם רְאֹתְךָ֥ פָנַ֖י תָּמֽוּת׃ Pharaoh said to him, “Be gone from me! Take care not to see me again, for the moment you look upon my face you shall die.”

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה כֵּ֣ן דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ לֹא־אֹסִ֥ף ע֖וֹד רְא֥וֹת פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ {פ}
And Moses replied, “You have spoken rightly. I shall not see your face again!”

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