Originally published in The Jewish Chronicle, 8 June 1962. Jewish teaching loves to dwell on the “we will do and we will hear” theme. When God came to give the Torah to His people Israel did not ask “What is written therein?” before accepting, but joyfully and spontaneously submitted without question to whatever God was to…
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