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September 27, 2024

The Meaning of God’s Hidden Face

Punishment or promise?

In this week’s Torah reading, God warns the Israelites about the sorrows that will befall them if they forsake His commandments. The text explains this punishment with a peculiar, and resonant, phrase, “And I will surely hide My face on that day, because of all the evil they have done in turning to other gods” (Deuteronomy 31:18). David Wolpe discusses the meaning of this imagery, and how Jewish commentators have understood it:

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