The Lulav as a Model for Welcoming the Stranger
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Shareכׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים יְגֵעִ֔ים לֹא־יוּכַ֥ל אִ֖ישׁ לְדַבֵּ֑ר לֹא־תִשְׂבַּ֥ע עַ֙יִן֙ לִרְא֔וֹת וְלֹא־תִמָּלֵ֥א אֹ֖זֶן מִשְּׁמֹֽעַ׃
All such things are wearisome:
No man can ever state them;
The eye never has enough of seeing,
Nor the ear enough of hearing.
No man can ever state them;
The eye never has enough of seeing,
Nor the ear enough of hearing.
The eye can't have enough of seeing the needs of others, lips can't have enough of speaking out for others, and the heart can't have enough of feeling for others. It is within us all that we should stand up for each other, both our neighbors and the strangers.
מַה־שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙ ה֣וּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֔ה וּמַה־שֶּׁנַּֽעֲשָׂ֔ה ה֖וּא שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂ֑ה וְאֵ֥ין כׇּל־חָדָ֖שׁ תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
Only that shall happen
Which has happened,
Only that occur
Which has occurred;
There is nothing new
Beneath the sun!
Which has happened,
Only that occur
Which has occurred;
There is nothing new
Beneath the sun!
מַה דַּהֲוָת מִן קַדְמָתָא הוּא עָתִיד לְמֶהֱוֵי בָּתַר כֵּן וּמָה דְּאִתְעֲבִיד מִן קַדְמַת דְּנָא הוּא עָתִיד לְאִתְעוֹבָדָא עַד סוֹף כָּל דָּרֵי עַלְמָא וְלֵית כְּלוּם פִּתְגַם חֲדַת בְּעַלְמָא הָדֵין תְּחוֹת שִׁמְשָׁא:
What was aforetime, the same will be afterwards again, and what was done aforetime the same will be done again to the end of all generations, and there is no new thing in the world under the sun.
We are called to welcome and stand up for the stranger just as our ancestors were called to do once before. There is nothing new under the sun!
