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How God Taught a Broken People to Hope Again

JL;DR SUMMARY Reuven Taragin discusses how God revitalized hope amongst the ancient Israelites through the use of the Tetragrammaton, emphasizing God's reliability and enduring presence across time. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryEgyptFaithHopeExodusRedemptionTetragrammatonPromisesParshat VaeraGod's Reliability

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Egypt
"We had been enslaved in Egypt for over 200 years with no end in sight."
Israel
"They had not seen them fulfilled. They fully believed that Hashem would fulfill His promises, yet because they had not yet experienced it firsthand, they could not appreciate the full significance of this special name."

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