Where Was G-d in Meron?

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi YY Jacobson’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

they once asked elie wiesel professor eliezer wiesel was a survivor of auschwitz and buchenwald where he lost much of his family he was a noble uh prize a laureate winner and somebody once asked him he said professor wiesel is there a tradition of silence in judaism because you know you have far eastern religions silence is a major virtue some people are silent for 20 years 30 years 40 years 50 years but in jewish culture and jewish communities you know that we don't stop talking and talking and schmoozing even the holiest day of the year yum kippur you know you would expect complete silence but now the speeches and sermons and conversations so he says professor ryzel is there a tradition of silence in judaism and elie wiesel responded and he said yes there is a tradition of silence in judaism but we don't talk about it i think though there is one place where we do talk about it in the book of ayikrah leviticus portion of shemini read a few weeks ago it happens on the first day of the month of nissan the day that the mishkan the sanctuary is inaugurated the joy is extraordinary there is ecstasy and passion and such jubilation and celebration as the divine presence comes back and restores its presence among god's people a fire comes out from hashem it consumes the offerings that they offered on that eighth day the first month of nissan value alpha the whole nation is ecstatic engaged in dancing and celebration bowing down and prostrating themselves our sages the ham say that the joy of that day is compared to the joy of the creation of heaven and earth and in the midst of all that joy

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