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at The 92nd Street Y, New York. Supported by The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
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Apr 14, 2005
Professor Wiesel talks poetically about prayer and how much prayer has in common with literature: “both are as open as an open wound.” Adam was the first liturgical author, composing the Psalm for the Sabbath; Abraham, Isaac and Jacob divided between them the three daily prayer services; Rachel and Leah shared the midnight prayers. Israel became a concept in prayer. Whereas the Torah was written by God, prayer was composed by man. Before Auschwitz, artistic imagination preceded reality; after Auschwitz, art followed reality at a great distance, defeated and impotent. Man has yet to write an adequate liturgy. Professor Wiesel teaches us that Jewish tradition uniquely allows man to question God; to turn refusal of prayer into prayer and prayer into an appeal; to choose rebellion and remain within Judaism.
Supported by The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
