{"id":1533,"date":"2020-10-06T09:17:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T09:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2020-10-13T05:19:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T05:19:18","slug":"a-prophetic-rejoicing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/a-prophetic-rejoicing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prophetic Rejoicing&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1534 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/praise02.jpg?resize=125%2C117&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"117\" \/>Regarding the holiday of <a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Holidays\/Fall_Holidays\/Sukkot\/sukkot.html\">Sukkot<\/a> (\u201cTabernacles\u201d) the Torah states, <em>ve\u2019samchta be\u2019chagekha<\/em> &#8211; \u201cyou shall rejoice in your holiday\u201d and <em>ve\u2019hayita akh same\u2019ach<\/em> &#8211; \u201cyou shall have nothing but joy\u201d (Deut. 16:14-15).\u00a0 But how can Torah command us to rejoice? &#8220;How shall we sing the LORD&#8217;S song in a strange land?&#8221; (Psalm 137:4). Can we be forced to dance, sing, and make merry? Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel wrote, \u201cVe\u2019samchta be\u2019chagekha (\u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c2\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05da\u05b8) is said to be the most difficult commandment of the Torah, but I could never understand why. Only during the war did I understand. Those Jews who, in the course their journey to the end of hope, managed to dance on Simchat Torah&#8230; taught us how Jews should behave in the face of adversity. For them, ve\u2019samchta be\u2019chagekha was one commandment impossible to observe &#8212; yet they observed it\u201d (Joseph Lookstein: \u201cOn Man&#8217;s Prayer,\u201d 1980). In this connection, let me add that these words are ultimately prophetic: \u201cyou shall rejoice; you shall have nothing but joy&#8230;.\u201d That day is coming, when our tears are wiped away and our wounds are forever healed. Chag Sukkot Same\u2019ach, friends.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1535 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/psalm13-1-analysis.gif?resize=423%2C662&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"662\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1533-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/psalm13-1-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/psalm13-1-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/psalm13-1-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regarding the holiday of Sukkot (\u201cTabernacles\u201d) the Torah states, ve\u2019samchta be\u2019chagekha &#8211; \u201cyou shall rejoice in your holiday\u201d and ve\u2019hayita akh same\u2019ach &#8211; \u201cyou shall have nothing but joy\u201d (Deut. 16:14-15).\u00a0 But how can Torah command us to rejoice? &#8220;How shall we sing the LORD&#8217;S song in a strange land?&#8221; (Psalm 137:4). 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