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Jan 18, 2024
"Decisiveness" (harizut) in Exodus 10:1-13:16 (Bo)
Summary
In this week's episode, Modya and David delve into lessons on decisiveness (harizut) in the weekly Torah portion, Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16). Our hosts discuss the linguistic commonality in Hebrew between decisiveness and speed. They also explore how the plagues, and Pharaoh's hardened heart, leads him down a path in which his free will to determine his own fate, and the fate of Egypt, grows progressively narrower. The hosts discuss decisiveness as an embodied discipline is forward moving but not hasty, deliberative but not endlessly analytical -- leading toward liberation from enslavement to fear and hesitation.
Modya Silver is an author and psychotherapist based in Toronto. David Gottlieb is a faculty member in the Jewish Studies program at Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago.
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Modya Silver and David Gottlieb
Modya Silver is an author and psychotherapist based in Toronto. David Gottlieb is a faculty member in the Jewish Studies program at Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago.