a meditation on the theme of names and naming, that builds up, like a musical composition, resulting in a mighty metaphysical insight. "Vayechi," referring to last week's parsha, is more in the tradition of the dvar Torah--a miniature hermeneutic sermon. Connecting a personal story with the textual insight, it is a profound psychological commentary of the biblical figure of Joseph, and the bearing this figure has on the national Jewish consciousness.from Forward: The Arty Semite: Laurie Patton's Poetry and Hermeneutics
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