![]() The Israelites are eager and ready for an encounter with God. ![]() This is the impulse that requires God to warn Moshe three times in thirteen verses not to allow the people up onto the mountain (Exod. Parashat Yitro contains within it an impulse of rushing the mountain, of yearning to be in relationship with God, to experience the unlimited. How can humanity and the Divine exist in the same space and time? And what can we learn about how humans can exist in relationship with each other from that encounter? Others are fences maintained by human beings. Some of these boundaries are lines drawn by God. Psychological boundaries are eroded by the force of Divine presence and spiritual boundaries are thrown hastily up to make space for a brand new relationship with God.Īt the moment God initiates a new covenant with the People of Israel, they must learn to demarcate the spaces of their new relationship. The human experience of Divine Revelation is marked with boundaries: boundaries built and boundaries breached, boundaries in time and boundaries in space. Your browser does not support the audio element. ![]()
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