Perhaps it was near the season of Passover when Daniel contemplated Jeremiah’s prophecy of the 70 prophetic weeks (Dan. 9). The 70 years of exile were drawing to a close, and as his thoughts turned toward home, perhaps the words “next year in Jerusalem,” which would eventually become the closing words of the Haggadah, ran through his mind. How far he was from home. And how far he and his people had to come before they could return home. But there was yet reason to hope: Hashem had once delivered Israel from the Egyptians, and, according to the prophet Jeremiah, He promised to rescue them again.
The Event Mourning Yitzhak Rabin
Shabbat Shalom will give you a breath of fresh air. This issue will make you laugh, I hope. The God who created such ridiculous beings, including myself (and forgive me, you), allows us to laugh. According to an ancient Egyptian legend, God created the world through seven explosions of laughter (another kind of "big bang.")
