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Isaiah 63:11-12.

dybmh

ויהי מבדיל בין מים למים
We could say ineffectual.



Brit milah.



The oral Torah is. But the written Torah is not.



John

Good.

It's important to my exegesis that Moses' rod be understood to be an avatar of the Torah scroll, the branch that's the power of God to shepherd Israel.

Am I understanding?




?? The Torah is ineffectual ??

Yes, because: Moses' rod is an avatar of the Torah scroll.

?? The Brit Milah is removing the "fore-skene" of the Torah ??

Yes, because: Moses' rod is an avatar of the Torah scroll.

?? The oral Torah is fleshy ??

Yes, because: Moses' rod is an avatar of the Torah scroll.




Am I understanding?
 

John D. Brey

Well-Known Member
?? The Torah is ineffectual ??

Yes, because: Moses' rod is an avatar of the Torah scroll.

And the prophets request that it be removed from its ineffectual leprosy in the bosom of God to be healed so it can rescue Israel from her enemies.

?? The Brit Milah is removing the "fore-skene" of the Torah ??

The uncovering of the phallus is conceptually and structurally parallel to the disclosure of the text.​
Wolfson, Circle in the Square, p. 30.​

?? The oral Torah is fleshy ??

Because it must be archived in flesh, transferred through living breath. Not produced by what the pen-is in that kind of proliferation or reproduction. The tongue is, for oral Torah, what the pen-is, for written Torah.



John
 
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