When we finish reading most books, we move on to the next book in the series or to a new book. Once in a while, we return to a favorite book and re-read it some time later, but hardly ever do we start a book again as soon as we finish it. Tonight is not only Shabbat, but also Simchat Torah-Sh'mini Atzeret, when we end the book of Deuteronomy and begin again with Genesis.
As Jews, we re-read Torah over and over again, starting again the moment we finish, to show us that what Torah has to teach us is never-ending. We read the same books, the same portions, the same words over and over again, not because something in them has changed, but because something in us has changed. Each time we re-read those words, we hear something different because we are now different.
Chazak, chazak, v'nitchazeik... Be strong, be strong, and together let us be strengthened!
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