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September 13, 2023
The Binding of Samuel
How the story of Hannah mirrors that of Abraham.
On the first day of the upcoming holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the synagogue service traditionally includes the opening passage of the book of Samuel, which describes how God promises the childless Hannah that she will have a son—the judge and prophet of the book’s title. She then takes that child, still at a tender age, and brings him to the Tabernacle, where his life will be dedicated to the service of God. Kate Rozansky notes the similarity of this story to that of another biblical passage read on Rosh Hashanah, Genesis 22, which describes Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son Isaac:
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