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In an essay called "Parshat Shemot," Ponet meditates on why the Hebrew title of the book of Exodus should be Shemot, or "Names.
It is very difficult to get rid of customary ideas even sensing subconscious yearning for the lost perfection: "If people learn what they can be, they will tear up their clothes, because they forgot wisdom" (Zohar, Shemot 263).
As she guides me through the reading of Shemot, enriching the weekly parashot with a deft use of classical commentaries including the Chassidic masters, my Torah study leads me to reach for an understanding of our people's ancient history as present experience.
 
 
 
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