What if the Torah had been given to a woman?
Would the laws be different?
If G-d is neither male nor female, why is one given more access? More love?
Or are these discrepancies not from Hashem but from rabbis who controlled the access, the rituals, the language, the learning… to sanctify their relationship with G-d?
What would it look like if men didn’t pollute the words of G-d?
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And I think these thoughts and have ideas but they get interrupted
Because a baby is crying
Because my husband has a question
And dinner isn’t ready
And now I have these thoughts and more time to contemplate them but
I don’t remember the words
I don’t recall the ideas
And now all my thoughts are always interrupted
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What if the Torah had been interpreted by us all instead of just a few?
Would there be more compassion? More understanding?
If G-d is the foundation of our image, why are some excluded? Ignored?
Or is Hashem not ignoring anyone at all, but we are ignoring others because we control the access, the rituals, the language, the learning… to sanctify our relationship with G-d?
What would it look like if we didn’t restrict access to G-d?
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And I think humanity has these thoughts and ideas but gets interrupted
Because we are scared
Because we are insecure
And we are not ready to live as G-d would want
And now we’ve had these thoughts and more time to contemplate them but
We don’t remember the words
We can’t recall the ideas
And now all our thoughts are always self-absorbed
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We forgot about the widow and the orphan
We neglected the stranger
And we didn’t leave the corners of our fields for the needy
We ostracized the different
We told them they have no tribe
And we pushed away those made in the image of G-d
