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shenbuvParshat Vayelech includes the commandment for every Jew to write a
song for themselves (31:19), which Rashi says is referring the
following Parsha, Haazinu. The sages derive from this rule the final
of the 613 commandments that each Jew has to take part in the writing
of a Torah scroll. Why would we be required to write our own song, and
then be given the song to sing? Also, how is the requirement to write
our own song the same as the requirement to take part in scribing our
own Torah?
If we apply the concept of this weekly Dvar Email, we can easily
understand the Torah's final commandment: If we take any commandment
in the Torah and personalize it, although its source is the Torah, its
ownership is very personal. Songs, too, sound different when sung by
different people (see http://www.six13.com/) . In fact, music becomes even
more personal because it's a more emotional medium. That's exactly why
the Torah chose music as the metaphor to teach us about personalizing
the Torah to make it special for ourselves. The Torah wants us to
internalize it so much that we sing about it! If we accomplish this,
we've fulfilled the final commandment of writing our own Torah - with
all the harmonies that accompany it!
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song for themselves (31:19), which Rashi says is referring the
following Parsha, Haazinu. The sages derive from this rule the final
of the 613 commandments that each Jew has to take part in the writing
of a Torah scroll. Why would we be required to write our own song, and
then be given the song to sing? Also, how is the requirement to write
our own song the same as the requirement to take part in scribing our
own Torah?
If we apply the concept of this weekly Dvar Email, we can easily
understand the Torah's final commandment: If we take any commandment
in the Torah and personalize it, although its source is the Torah, its
ownership is very personal. Songs, too, sound different when sung by
different people (see http://www.six13.com/) . In fact, music becomes even
more personal because it's a more emotional medium. That's exactly why
the Torah chose music as the metaphor to teach us about personalizing
the Torah to make it special for ourselves. The Torah wants us to
internalize it so much that we sing about it! If we accomplish this,
we've fulfilled the final commandment of writing our own Torah - with
all the harmonies that accompany it!
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