Saturday, September 19, 2020

What does holy and treasured mean?

DR. RABBI MICHAEL MARMUR: Israel, God’s Chosen People? (TheTorah.com).
In Deuteronomy, YHWH chooses Israel to be his holy (kadosh) and treasured (segulah) people. What does this mean in its original context, and can it be reconciled with contemporary universalist notions?

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