Tuesday’s Aliyah

at the appointed time in the year of release [Hebrew, sh’mittah], at the Feast of Tabernacles, when all Israel comes to appear before the Holy One your God. in the place which He chooses . . . . [Deuteronomy 31:10-11] What does it mean to ‘appear before the Holy One your God’? The first reference to such a thing is in Exodus 23:17. ................
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