tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072113222831390197.post886662514968175527..comments2014-04-22T12:43:45.107-07:00Comments on Tamara Ba'Aretz [Tamara in Israel!]: In The BeginningTamaraHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13793060720498148782noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072113222831390197.post-89315192716689088022014-04-22T05:42:17.089-07:002014-04-22T05:42:17.089-07:00I love what you wrote and share a lot of your disc...I love what you wrote and share a lot of your discomfort, but I am comfortable with the metaphor. So I have a question. Do you really not feel a part of the ethical and sociological evolution of our people that is the primary subplot of the Passover story or do you resist the anthropomorphic and concrete way in which the story is told? In other words, is it the metaphor that troubles you or is that the Exodus and God's various interventions along the way are presented as historical fact and that we are exhorted to believe that we ourselves were actually freed from slavery and present at Sinai?Bruce Wolfsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220476615084296985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072113222831390197.post-53979895232798827052013-07-08T08:06:46.419-07:002013-07-08T08:06:46.419-07:00I am so excited for you, Tamara, and I am already ...I am so excited for you, Tamara, and I am already living vicariously through your blog posts. Let me know if I chime in too often, especially on the apartment blog. Perhaps the initial excitement will wear off but I suspect your adventures will keep me engaged all year. Thanks for sharing! XOXO Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672326877560076599noreply@blogger.com