Inclusive Matan Torah

What if the Torah had been given to a woman?Ā Ā 

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Would the laws be different?Ā Ā 

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If G-d is neither male nor female, why is one given more access? More love?

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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?Ā Ā 

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What would it look like if men didn’t pollute the words of G-d?Ā 

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And I think these thoughts and have ideas but they get interruptedĀ Ā 

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Because a baby is cryingĀ 

Because my husband has a questionĀ Ā 

And dinner isn’t readyĀ 

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And now I have these thoughts and more time to contemplate them butĀ Ā 

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I don’t remember the wordsĀ 

I don’t recall the ideasĀ 

And now all my thoughts are always interruptedĀ Ā 

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What if the Torah had been interpreted by us all instead of just a few?

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Would there be more compassion? More understanding?

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If G-d is the foundation of our image, why are some excluded? Ignored?

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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?Ā 

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What would it look like if we didn’t restrict access to G-d?Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

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And I think humanity has these thoughts and ideas but gets interruptedĀ Ā 

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Because we are scaredĀ 

Because we are insecureĀ Ā 

And we are not ready to live as G-d would wantĀ 

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And now we’ve had these thoughts and more time to contemplate them butĀ 

We don’t remember the wordsĀ Ā 

We can’t recall the ideasĀ Ā 

And now all our thoughts are always self-absorbedĀ Ā Ā 

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We forgot about the widow and the orphanĀ 

We neglected the strangerĀ Ā 

And we didn’t leave the corners of our fields for the needyĀ Ā 

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We ostracized the differentĀ Ā 

We told them they have no tribeĀ Ā 

And we pushed away those made in the image of G-d

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