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Somm Sechel (Put Sense)

Rosh HaShanah 5785 2024

October 3, 2024 • Rabbi Bruce L. Cohen • Nehemiah 8:8

Creating rightful newness by removing what IS, which has no or lesser merit - and replacing it with what SHOULD BE, having greater merits as to accuracy or truthfulness. Specific example: assaying for merit the system of "trope" - the tradition of singing the Torah scroll's contents –– rather than following the one clear model Scripture gives us (per Isaiah 8:20) of how to run a Torah service. (Nehemiah 8:8).