Parshat Bechukotai - Judaism, along with most religions, favors consistency in practice and steadfast faithโฆ or does it? Focusing on a single verse that has been used to support this position (Leviticus 26: 21) we argue for an alternative. Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz explore happenstance, serendipity, temporarily fealty, chance, accident, the unintentional, the unexpected, or as the King James translators have God put it โadventuresย with Meโ. We contrast those who acquires their share in the World-to-Come only after many years of toil, and those who do so in one moment. ืืฉืขื ืืืช --------- ืืืงืจื ืืดื:ืืดื (ืื) ืึฐืึดืึพืชึผึตึฝืึฐืึคืึผ ืขึดืึผึดืึ ืงึถึืจึดื ืึฐืึนึฅื ืชึนืืึืึผ ืึดืฉืึฐืึนึฃืขึทึฝ ืึดึื ืึฐืึธืกึทืคึฐืชึผึดึคื ืขึฒืึตืืึถืึ ืึทืึผึธึื ืฉืึถึืึทืข ืึผึฐืึทืึผึนืืชึตืืึถึฝืื Leviticus 26:21 (21) And if you remain hostile toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will go on smiting you sevenfold for your sins. ืจืฉ"ื ืขื ืืืงืจื ืืดื:ืืดื:ืืณ ืืื ืชืืื ืขืื ืงืจื. ืจึทืึผืึนืชึตืื ืึผ ืึธืึฐืจืึผ ืขึฒืจึทืื, ืึผึฐืึดืงึฐืจึถื, ืฉืึถืึตืื ืึน ืึถืึผึธื ืึดืคึฐืจึธืงึดืื, ืึผึตื ืชึผึตืึฐืืึผ ืขึฒืจึทืื ืึผึฐืึดืฆึฐืืึนืช: Rashi on Leviticus 26:21:1 ืืื ืชืืื ืขืื ืงืจื โ Our Rabbis said (Sifra, Bechukotai, Chapter 5 5): this word signifies โirregularlyโ, โby chanceโ (ืืงืจื), which is a thing that happens only occasionally; thus this means: if you will follow the commandments irregularly. Sifra, Bechukotai, Chapter 5 5 (5) 5) (Vayikra 26:21) ("And if you walk with Me laxly and do not desire to listen to Me, then I shall smite you even more, seven-fold according to your sins.") "And if you walk with Me laxly and do not desire to listen to Me": You made My Torah "incidental" in the world โ I, too, will make you "incidental" in the world. "then I shall smite you, even more, seven-fold according to your sins": You transgressed seven transgressions โ come and accept seven calamities. According to Samson Raphael Hirsch โkeriโ means โaccidentโ. โkeriโ derived from karah (see Commentary, Bereshis 24:12) โ denotes anything that happens without intention or beyond our reckoning. Accordingly, it is a purely relative concept. Something in it self can be intentional and premeditated, yet we did not intend it or plan it; it just happened to us and came to us by chanceโฆ. Your going with Me is only keri. Your acting in accordance with My Will is not your only intention and is not the result of a decision on your part. Your foremost resolve is not to obey ME, not to do only My Will. You no longer are opposed to My Will as a matter of principle, but My Will is not important to you. Other considerations determine you way of life, and you leave it to chance whether this brings you into conflict or accord with Me. The troubles that befell Israel accomplished at least one thing; their defection ceased to be extreme opposition, directed โ as a matter of principle โ against God and His Torah. But heeding God is still not their first and only aim. The illusory interests of prosperity and power remain their primary concerns. Their walking with God remains incidental: they keep Godโs commandments only if these happen to coincide with their own interests. Baruch A. Levine writes in his commentary to Leviticus that the correct translation of โkeriโ is hostility. โHebrew keri, โhostilityโ and the idiom halakh โim โฆ be-keri, โto walk with โฆ in hostility,โ are unique to this chapter. Targum Onkelos translates be-kashyu, โwith hardness, obstinacyโ deriving keri from the root k-r-r, โto be cold.โ Compare the noun form karah, โcold wave,โ in Nahum 3:17, and mekerah, โcool chamberโ in Judges 3:24 Shmuel David Luzzatto in his commentary to this verse, wonders why there is so much conjecture on the part of the commentators as to what keri means since, after all, Onkelos preceded them all and not only gives an obvious translation, but also clearly follows the translation that was accepted on the street, at the time. [Iโm no expert in ShaDL, but he seems to take real offence at the mistranslationโฆ he calls it a โperversionโ ืขืืืืช ) ืฉื"ื ืขื ืืืงืจื ืืดื:ืืดื:ืืณ ืืื ืชืืื ืขืื ืงืจื: ื ืคืชืื ืืืืื ืคืืจืฉ ืื ืชืืื ืขืื ืงืจื, ืฉืื ืืืงืจื ืืจืขื ืืืืช ืฉืงืจื ืืื ืชืืื ืขืื ืืื ืฉืืืืชื ืขืื ืงืืื ืืื; ืืืคืืจืืฉื ืืขืืงืจ ืืกืจ, ืฉืืจื ืฉืืขืืจ ืืืชืื ืืคื ืคืืจืืฉ ืื ืืื "ืื ืื ืขื ืืืงืจืื ืืืืืืช ืืืื ืฉืืืืชื ืขืืืื ืขืืืื ืชืืื ืขืื" ืืื ืืขื ืชืืื ืขืื, ืฉืืื ืืืืฆื ืงืจืืื ืืืืืฆืช ืืช ืืืืงืื ืืชืืื ื ื? ืืจืืื"ื ืคืืจืฉ ืืฉืื ืืชื ืืืืช, ืืืืจืช ืืงืจืืช, ืชืืื ื ืื ืจืฆืื ื, ืชืฉืืื ืืืืช ืคื ืืื ืืขืฉืืช ืืคื ืจืฆืื ื; ืืื ืื ืืฆืื ื ืืืช ืืงืจืืช ืืขื ืื ืืชื ืืืืช, ืืืืคื ืืฆืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืคืขื ืืคืขื ืืงืจืืช ื ืืฉืื, ืฉืขื ืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืืจื ื ืืฉืื: ืืืืื ืื, ืื ื ืืฉืืืืข ืืฆื ืืืืืชื ืขืืื ืืืืช ืงืจื ืื ืืฆื ืืืื ืืจืืืื, ืื ืื ืืขื ืืืืช ืืชื ืืืืช? ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืชื ืืืืช, ืืืืฆืจื ืืืคืจืื ืืื ืืืืงืื, ืืืชืจืื ืืืืช ืงืจื ืืืืื ืืชืื ืืืื ืืงืจื, ืืืื ืื ืคืืจืืฉ ืืื ืขืืืืช ืืืชืื. ืืื ืืชื ืืืืข ืื ืจืื ืื ืืืืืื ืืืื ืืคื ืืช ืื ืืื ืืืฆืื ืืื ืืจืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืงืื ืืคืจืฉ ืืืช ืืงืจื, ืืืจื ืืฉืจ ืงืืื ืืืชืจืื ืืืฉืื ืื ืงืืืก ืข"ื, ืืจืืฉืื ืืืื ืืืืขืื ืืงืื ืืืคืจืฉืื, ืืฉืจ ืขื ืคื ืืงืืื ืฉืืืชื ืืืื ืชืจืื ืืืช ืืงืจื ืืืืช ืืงืฉืื, ืืืืืช ืืืืช ืงืจื ืืืืืช ืืชืงืืฃ ืจืื, ืืืื ืคืืจืืฉ ืืืชืืฉื ืขื ืคืฉืืื ืฉื ืืงืจื ืืื ืฉืื ืืืืง ืืื. ืืื ืชืืืจ: ืืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืงืจื ืืืจืืช ืืงืืฉื? - ืืืฉืื ืฉืื ื ืืฉื ืืืืช ืงืืจึธื, ืืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืฉืืืื, ืืื ืกืคืง ืฉืืืชื ืืืื ืืืช ืืืืขื ืืงืืืื ืื ื ืืงืืื ืืงืืืื ืืื, ืืื ืืืขื ืฉืืืจืืชื ืขื ืืงืืฉื. (ืื"ืข ืชืงืค"ื ืขืืื 89). Shadal on Leviticus 26:21:1 ... ืืจืืฉืืช ืืดื:ืืดื (ืื) ืึทืึผึนืืึทึืจ ื ื' ืึฑืึนืงึตืึ ืึฒืึนื ึดึฃื ืึทืึฐืจึธืึธึื ืึทืงึฐืจึตืึพื ึธึฅื ืึฐืคึธื ึทึื ืึทืึผึืึนื ืึทืขึฒืฉืึตืึพืึถึืกึถื ืขึดึื ืึฒืึนื ึดึฅื ืึทืึฐืจึธืึธึฝืื Genesis 24:12 (12) And he said, โO LORD, God of my master Abraham, grant me good fortune this day, and deal graciously with my master Abraham: โNothing is farther from the Jewish concept of โMiKrehโ than the idea of โchanceโ, with which it is usually taken to be associated.โ Samson Raphael Hirsch on the verse There is a clear bias against happenstance, serendipity, temporarily fealty, chance, accident, the unintentional, the unexpected, or as the King James translators put it in their notes as an alternative translation of โkeri-contrary.โ if ye walk at all adventures with me. (Leviticus 26: 21 King James Translatorsโ Notes) ืืจืืฉืืช ืืดื:ืืดื (ืื) ืึทืึผึดืคึฐืึผึทึจืข ืึผึทืึผึธืงึืึนื ืึทืึผึธึคืึถื ืฉืึธืึ ืึผึดืึพืึธึฃื ืึทืฉืึผึถึืึถืฉื ืึทืึผึดืงึผึทืึ ืึตืึทืึฐื ึตึฃื ืึทืึผึธืงึืึนื ืึทืึผึธึืฉืึถื ืึฐืจึทึฝืึฒืฉืึนืชึธึืื ืึทืึผึดืฉืึฐืึผึทึื ืึผึทืึผึธืงึฅืึนื ืึทืึฝืึผืื Genesis 28:11 (11) He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. ืกืคืืจื ื ืขื ืืจืืฉืืช ืืดื:ืืดื:ืืณ ืืืคืืข ืืืงืื ืงืจื ืื ืฉืืืืข ืื ืืงืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืขื ืื ืืืงืื ืืื ืืงืื ืืืื ืืืืจืืื ืฉืื' ืืชืืงื ืื ืืื ืขืืจ ืืขืืจ ืืจืืื ืืขืืจ ืขื ืืจืื ืืขื ืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืืืืื ืืืื ืื ืืจืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืขื ืื ืคืืืฉ ืืืืขื ืจืง ืืจืืื ืื ืชืื: Sforno on Genesis 28:11:1 ืืืคืืข ืืืงืื, it happened that he came to a place he had not intended to go to at all. The meaning of the word ืืืงืื is that it was a place designed to accommodate travelers overnight. Every town had such an inn in its public square. This is also why the angels who came to Lot said (19,20) ืื ืืจืืื ื ืืื, โwe will sleep in (the inn) in the public square. The same expression is also used in connection with the ืคืืืฉ ืืืืขื in Judges 19,20 where we read ืจืง ืืจืืื ืื ืชืืื โonly do not spend the night in the public inn.โ ืืฉื ื ืืืืช ืืณ:ืืดื (ืื) ืจึทืึผึดื ืฉืึดืึฐืขืึนื ืืึนืึตืจ, ืึฑืึตื ืึธืึดืืจ ืึผึดืงึฐืจึดืืึทืช ืฉืึฐืึทืข ืึผืึทืชึผึฐืคึดืึผึธื. ืึผืึฐืฉืึถืึทืชึผึธื ืึดืชึฐืคึผึทืึผึตื, ืึทื ืชึผึทืขึทืฉื ืชึผึฐืคึดืึผึธืชึฐืึธ ืงึถืึทืข, ืึถืึผึธื ืจึทืึฒืึดืื ืึฐืชึทืึฒื ืึผื ึดืื ืึดืคึฐื ึตื ืึทืึผึธืงืึนื ืึผึธืจืึผืึฐ ืืึผื, ืฉืึถื ึผึถืึฑืึทืจ (ืืืื ื) ืึผึดื ืึทื ึผืึผื ืึฐืจึทืืึผื ืืึผื ืึถืจึถืึฐ ืึทืคึผึทืึดื ืึฐืจึทื ืึถืกึถื ืึฐื ึดืึธื ืขึทื ืึธืจึธืขึธื. ืึฐืึทื ืชึผึฐืึดื ืจึธืฉืึธืข ืึผึดืคึฐื ึตื ืขึทืฆึฐืึฐืึธ: Pirkei Avot 2:13 (13) Rabbi Shimon said: Be careful with the reading of Shema and the prayer, And when you pray, do not make your prayer something automatic, but a plea for compassion before God, for it is said: โfor he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in kindness, and renouncing punishmentโ (Joel 2:13); And be not wicked in your own esteem. ืึดืงึฐืจึธื miqra: a convocation, convoking, reading https://biblehub.com/hebrew/4744.htm ืึดืงึฐืจึถื miqreh: accident, chance, fortune https://biblehub.com/hebrew/4745.htm ืืืงืจื ืืณ:ืืณ (ื) ืึทืึผึดืงึฐืจึธึื ืึถืึพืึนืฉืึถึื ืึทืึฐืึทืึผึตึคืจ ื' ืึตืึธึืื ืึตืึนึฅืึถื ืืึนืขึตึื ืึตืืึนึฝืจื Leviticus 1:1 (1) The LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying: ืืืงืจื ืืดื:ืืดื (ืื) ืึผืงึฐืจึธืืชึถึื ืึผึฐืขึถึฃืฆึถื ื ืึทืึผึฃืึนื ืึทืึผึถึื ืึดึฝืงึฐืจึธืึพืงึนึืึถืฉืึ ืึดืึฐืึถึฃื ืึธืึถึื ืึผึธืึพืึฐืึถึฅืืึถืช ืขึฒืึนืึธึื ืึนึฃื ืชึทืขึฒืฉืึืึผ ืึปืงึผึทึฅืช ืขืึนืึธึื ืึผึฐืึธืึพืืึนืฉืึฐืึนึฅืชึตืืึถึื ืึฐืึนืจึนึฝืชึตืืึถึฝืื Leviticus 23:21 (21) On that same day you shall hold a celebration; it shall be a sacred occasion for you; you shall not work at your occupations. This is a law for all time in all your settlements, throughout the ages. ืขืืืื ืืจื ืืดื ื:ืืดื ืืื ืจืื ืืืืจ ืืฉ ืงืื ื ืขืืืื ืืืื ืฉื ืื ืืืฉ ืงืื ื ืขืืืื ืืฉืขื ืืืช ืืืืจ ืจืื ืื ืืืื ืืืขืื ืชืฉืืื ืฉืืงืืืื ืืืชื ืืื ืฉืงืืจืื ืืืชื ืจืื Avodah Zarah 17a:16 When Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi heard this story of Elazar ben Durdayya, he wept and said: There is one who acquires his share in the World-to-Come only after many years of toil, and there is one who acquires his share in the World-to-Come in one moment. And Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi further says: Not only are penitents accepted, but they are even called: Rabbi, as the Divine Voice referred to Elazar ben Durdayya as Rabbi Elazar ben Durdayya.
Parshat Bechukotai - Judaism, along with most religions, favors consistency in practice and steadfast faithโฆ or does it? Focusing on a single verse that has been used to support this position (Leviticus 26: 21) we argue for an alternative. Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz explore happenstance, serendipity, temporarily fealty, chance, accident, the unintentional, the unexpected, or as the King James translators have God put it โadventuresย with Meโ. We contrast those who acquires their share in the World-to-Come only after many years of toil, and those who do so in one moment. ืืฉืขื ืืืช
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ืืืงืจื ืืดื:ืืดื (ืื) ืึฐืึดืึพืชึผึตึฝืึฐืึคืึผ ืขึดืึผึดืึ ืงึถึืจึดื ืึฐืึนึฅื ืชึนืืึืึผ ืึดืฉืึฐืึนึฃืขึทึฝ ืึดึื ืึฐืึธืกึทืคึฐืชึผึดึคื ืขึฒืึตืืึถืึ ืึทืึผึธึื ืฉืึถึืึทืข ืึผึฐืึทืึผึนืืชึตืืึถึฝืื Leviticus 26:21 (21) And if you remain hostile toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will go on smiting you sevenfold for your sins. ืจืฉ"ื ืขื ืืืงืจื ืืดื:ืืดื:ืืณืืื ืชืืื ืขืื ืงืจื. ืจึทืึผืึนืชึตืื ืึผ ืึธืึฐืจืึผ ืขึฒืจึทืื, ืึผึฐืึดืงึฐืจึถื, ืฉืึถืึตืื ืึน ืึถืึผึธื ืึดืคึฐืจึธืงึดืื, ืึผึตื ืชึผึตืึฐืืึผ ืขึฒืจึทืื ืึผึฐืึดืฆึฐืืึนืช:
Rashi on Leviticus 26:21:1ืืื ืชืืื ืขืื ืงืจื โ Our Rabbis said (Sifra, Bechukotai, Chapter 5 5): this word signifies โirregularlyโ, โby chanceโ (ืืงืจื), which is a thing that happens only occasionally; thus this means: if you will follow the commandments irregularly.
Sifra, Bechukotai, Chapter 5 5(5) 5) (Vayikra 26:21) ("And if you walk with Me laxly and do not desire to listen to Me, then I shall smite you even more, seven-fold according to your sins.") "And if you walk with Me laxly and do not desire to listen to Me": You made My Torah "incidental" in the world โ I, too, will make you "incidental" in the world. "then I shall smite you, even more, seven-fold according to your sins": You transgressed seven transgressions โ come and accept seven calamities.
According to Samson Raphael Hirsch โkeriโ means โaccidentโ.
โkeriโ derived from karah (see Commentary, Bereshis 24:12) โ denotes anything that happens without intention or beyond our reckoning. Accordingly, it is a purely relative concept. Something in it self can be intentional and premeditated, yet we did not intend it or plan it; it just happened to us and came to us by chanceโฆ. Your going with Me is only keri. Your acting in accordance with My Will is not your only intention and is not the result of a decision on your part. Your foremost resolve is not to obey ME, not to do only My Will. You no longer are opposed to My Will as a matter of principle, but My Will is not important to you. Other considerations determine you way of life, and you leave it to chance whether this brings you into conflict or accord with Me. The troubles that befell Israel accomplished at least one thing; their defection ceased to be extreme opposition, directed โ as a matter of principle โ against God and His Torah. But heeding God is still not their first and only aim. The illusory interests of prosperity and power remain their primary concerns. Their walking with God remains incidental: they keep Godโs commandments only if these happen to coincide with their own interests.
Baruch A. Levine writes in his commentary to Leviticus that the correct translation of โkeriโ is hostility. โHebrew keri, โhostilityโ and the idiom halakh โim โฆ be-keri, โto walk with โฆ in hostility,โ are unique to this chapter. Targum Onkelos translates be-kashyu, โwith hardness, obstinacyโ deriving keri from the root k-r-r, โto be cold.โ Compare the noun form karah, โcold wave,โ in Nahum 3:17, and mekerah, โcool chamberโ in Judges 3:24
Shmuel David Luzzatto in his commentary to this verse, wonders why there is so much conjecture on the part of the commentators as to what keri means since, after all, Onkelos preceded them all and not only gives an obvious translation, but also clearly follows the translation that was accepted on the street, at the time. [Iโm no expert in ShaDL, but he seems to take real offence at the mistranslationโฆ he calls it a โperversionโ ืขืืืืช )
ืฉื"ื ืขื ืืืงืจื ืืดื:ืืดื:ืืณืืื ืชืืื ืขืื ืงืจื: ื ืคืชืื ืืืืื ืคืืจืฉ ืื ืชืืื ืขืื ืงืจื, ืฉืื ืืืงืจื ืืจืขื ืืืืช ืฉืงืจื ืืื ืชืืื ืขืื ืืื ืฉืืืืชื ืขืื ืงืืื ืืื; ืืืคืืจืืฉื ืืขืืงืจ ืืกืจ, ืฉืืจื ืฉืืขืืจ ืืืชืื ืืคื ืคืืจืืฉ ืื ืืื "ืื ืื ืขื ืืืงืจืื ืืืืืืช ืืืื ืฉืืืืชื ืขืืืื ืขืืืื ืชืืื ืขืื" ืืื ืืขื ืชืืื ืขืื, ืฉืืื ืืืืฆื ืงืจืืื ืืืืืฆืช ืืช ืืืืงืื ืืชืืื ื ื? ืืจืืื"ื ืคืืจืฉ ืืฉืื ืืชื ืืืืช, ืืืืจืช ืืงืจืืช, ืชืืื ื ืื ืจืฆืื ื, ืชืฉืืื ืืืืช ืคื ืืื ืืขืฉืืช ืืคื ืจืฆืื ื; ืืื ืื ืืฆืื ื ืืืช ืืงืจืืช ืืขื ืื ืืชื ืืืืช, ืืืืคื ืืฆืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืคืขื ืืคืขื ืืงืจืืช ื ืืฉืื, ืฉืขื ืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืืจื ื ืืฉืื: ืืืืื ืื, ืื ื ืืฉืืืืข ืืฆื ืืืืืชื ืขืืื ืืืืช ืงืจื ืื ืืฆื ืืืื ืืจืืืื, ืื ืื ืืขื ืืืืช ืืชื ืืืืช? ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืชื ืืืืช, ืืืืฆืจื ืืืคืจืื ืืื ืืืืงืื, ืืืชืจืื ืืืืช ืงืจื ืืืืื ืืชืื ืืืื ืืงืจื, ืืืื ืื ืคืืจืืฉ ืืื ืขืืืืช ืืืชืื. ืืื ืืชื ืืืืข ืื ืจืื ืื ืืืืืื ืืืื ืืคื ืืช ืื ืืื ืืืฆืื ืืื ืืจืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืงืื ืืคืจืฉ ืืืช ืืงืจื, ืืืจื ืืฉืจ ืงืืื ืืืชืจืื ืืืฉืื ืื ืงืืืก ืข"ื, ืืจืืฉืื ืืืื ืืืืขืื ืืงืื ืืืคืจืฉืื, ืืฉืจ ืขื ืคื ืืงืืื ืฉืืืชื ืืืื ืชืจืื ืืืช ืืงืจื ืืืืช ืืงืฉืื, ืืืืืช ืืืืช ืงืจื ืืืืืช ืืชืงืืฃ ืจืื, ืืืื ืคืืจืืฉ ืืืชืืฉื ืขื ืคืฉืืื ืฉื ืืงืจื ืืื ืฉืื ืืืืง ืืื. ืืื ืชืืืจ: ืืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืงืจื ืืืจืืช ืืงืืฉื? - ืืืฉืื ืฉืื ื ืืฉื ืืืืช ืงืืจึธื, ืืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืฉืืืื, ืืื ืกืคืง ืฉืืืชื ืืืื ืืืช ืืืืขื ืืงืืืื ืื ื ืืงืืื ืืงืืืื ืืื, ืืื ืืืขื ืฉืืืจืืชื ืขื ืืงืืฉื. (ืื"ืข ืชืงืค"ื ืขืืื 89).
Shadal on Leviticus 26:21:1 ... ืืจืืฉืืช ืืดื:ืืดื(ืื) ืึทืึผึนืืึทึืจ ื ื' ืึฑืึนืงึตืึ ืึฒืึนื ึดึฃื ืึทืึฐืจึธืึธึื ืึทืงึฐืจึตืึพื ึธึฅื ืึฐืคึธื ึทึื ืึทืึผึืึนื ืึทืขึฒืฉืึตืึพืึถึืกึถื ืขึดึื ืึฒืึนื ึดึฅื ืึทืึฐืจึธืึธึฝืื
Genesis 24:12(12) And he said, โO LORD, God of my master Abraham, grant me good fortune this day, and deal graciously with my master Abraham:
โNothing is farther from the Jewish concept of โMiKrehโ than the idea of โchanceโ, with which it is usually taken to be associated.โ Samson Raphael Hirsch on the verse
There is a clear bias against happenstance, serendipity, temporarily fealty, chance, accident, the unintentional, the unexpected, or as the King James translators put it in their notes as an alternative translation of โkeri-contrary.โ if ye walk at all adventures with me. (Leviticus 26: 21 King James Translatorsโ Notes)
ืืจืืฉืืช ืืดื:ืืดื(ืื) ืึทืึผึดืคึฐืึผึทึจืข ืึผึทืึผึธืงึืึนื ืึทืึผึธึคืึถื ืฉืึธืึ ืึผึดืึพืึธึฃื ืึทืฉืึผึถึืึถืฉื ืึทืึผึดืงึผึทืึ ืึตืึทืึฐื ึตึฃื ืึทืึผึธืงึืึนื ืึทืึผึธึืฉืึถื ืึฐืจึทึฝืึฒืฉืึนืชึธึืื ืึทืึผึดืฉืึฐืึผึทึื ืึผึทืึผึธืงึฅืึนื ืึทืึฝืึผืื
Genesis 28:11 (11) He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. ืกืคืืจื ื ืขื ืืจืืฉืืช ืืดื:ืืดื:ืืณ ืืืคืืข ืืืงืื ืงืจื ืื ืฉืืืืข ืื ืืงืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืขื ืื ืืืงืื ืืื ืืงืื ืืืื ืืืืจืืื ืฉืื' ืืชืืงื ืื ืืื ืขืืจ ืืขืืจ ืืจืืื ืืขืืจ ืขื ืืจืื ืืขื ืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืืืืื ืืืื ืื ืืจืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืขื ืื ืคืืืฉ ืืืืขื ืจืง ืืจืืื ืื ืชืื: Sforno on Genesis 28:11:1 ืืืคืืข ืืืงืื, it happened that he came to a place he had not intended to go to at all. The meaning of the word ืืืงืื is that it was a place designed to accommodate travelers overnight. Every town had such an inn in its public square. This is also why the angels who came to Lot said (19,20) ืื ืืจืืื ื ืืื, โwe will sleep in (the inn) in the public square. The same expression is also used in connection with the ืคืืืฉ ืืืืขื in Judges 19,20 where we read ืจืง ืืจืืื ืื ืชืืื โonly do not spend the night in the public inn.โ ืืฉื ื ืืืืช ืืณ:ืืดื(ืื) ืจึทืึผึดื ืฉืึดืึฐืขืึนื ืืึนืึตืจ, ืึฑืึตื ืึธืึดืืจ ืึผึดืงึฐืจึดืืึทืช ืฉืึฐืึทืข ืึผืึทืชึผึฐืคึดืึผึธื. ืึผืึฐืฉืึถืึทืชึผึธื ืึดืชึฐืคึผึทืึผึตื, ืึทื ืชึผึทืขึทืฉื ืชึผึฐืคึดืึผึธืชึฐืึธ ืงึถืึทืข, ืึถืึผึธื ืจึทืึฒืึดืื ืึฐืชึทืึฒื ืึผื ึดืื ืึดืคึฐื ึตื ืึทืึผึธืงืึนื ืึผึธืจืึผืึฐ ืืึผื, ืฉืึถื ึผึถืึฑืึทืจ (ืืืื ื) ืึผึดื ืึทื ึผืึผื ืึฐืจึทืืึผื ืืึผื ืึถืจึถืึฐ ืึทืคึผึทืึดื ืึฐืจึทื ืึถืกึถื ืึฐื ึดืึธื ืขึทื ืึธืจึธืขึธื. ืึฐืึทื ืชึผึฐืึดื ืจึธืฉืึธืข ืึผึดืคึฐื ึตื ืขึทืฆึฐืึฐืึธ:
Pirkei Avot 2:13(13) Rabbi Shimon said: Be careful with the reading of Shema and the prayer, And when you pray, do not make your prayer something automatic, but a plea for compassion before God, for it is said: โfor he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in kindness, and renouncing punishmentโ (Joel 2:13); And be not wicked in your own esteem.
ืึดืงึฐืจึธื miqra: a convocation, convoking, reading
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ืึดืงึฐืจึถื miqreh: accident, chance, fortune
https://biblehub.com/hebrew/4745.htm
ืืืงืจื ืืณ:ืืณ (ื) ืึทืึผึดืงึฐืจึธึื ืึถืึพืึนืฉืึถึื ืึทืึฐืึทืึผึตึคืจ ื' ืึตืึธึืื ืึตืึนึฅืึถื ืืึนืขึตึื ืึตืืึนึฝืจื Leviticus 1:1 (1) The LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying: ืืืงืจื ืืดื:ืืดื (ืื) ืึผืงึฐืจึธืืชึถึื ืึผึฐืขึถึฃืฆึถื ื ืึทืึผึฃืึนื ืึทืึผึถึื ืึดึฝืงึฐืจึธืึพืงึนึืึถืฉืึ ืึดืึฐืึถึฃื ืึธืึถึื ืึผึธืึพืึฐืึถึฅืืึถืช ืขึฒืึนืึธึื ืึนึฃื ืชึทืขึฒืฉืึืึผ ืึปืงึผึทึฅืช ืขืึนืึธึื ืึผึฐืึธืึพืืึนืฉืึฐืึนึฅืชึตืืึถึื ืึฐืึนืจึนึฝืชึตืืึถึฝืื Leviticus 23:21 (21) On that same day you shall hold a celebration; it shall be a sacred occasion for you; you shall not work at your occupations. This is a law for all time in all your settlements, throughout the ages. ืขืืืื ืืจื ืืดื ื:ืืดื ืืื ืจืื ืืืืจ ืืฉ ืงืื ื ืขืืืื ืืืื ืฉื ืื ืืืฉ ืงืื ื ืขืืืื ืืฉืขื ืืืช ืืืืจ ืจืื ืื ืืืื ืืืขืื ืชืฉืืื ืฉืืงืืืื ืืืชื ืืื ืฉืงืืจืื ืืืชื ืจืื Avodah Zarah 17a:16 When Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi heard this story of Elazar ben Durdayya, he wept and said: There is one who acquires his share in the World-to-Come only after many years of toil, and there is one who acquires his share in the World-to-Come in one moment. And Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi further says: Not only are penitents accepted, but they are even called: Rabbi, as the Divine Voice referred to Elazar ben Durdayya as Rabbi Elazar ben Durdayya.