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| | MyJewishLearning.com - History & Community: Franz Rosenzweig |
 | | Rosenzweig’s major work, The Star of Redemption, was written in part, on postcards he sent home from the trenches when he was serving in the German army at the end of World War I. In this work, God, the World, and Man are described as interrelated through a process of Creation, Revelation and Redemption. |
 | | Rosenzweig detects this process of discovery and rediscovery in the Torah itself, which is the record of the people of Israel’s series of encounters with the divine. |
 | | In this spirit, Rosenzweig made the bold comment that the story of Balaam’s talking donkey is only a fairy-tale during the rest of the year, yet when it is read as part of the Torah in the synagogue it is no fairy tale but the living word of God speaking to his people. |
| www.myjewishlearning.com /history_community/Modern/IntellectualTO/Rosenzweig.htm (950 words) |
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