Direct Communication with God

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1. Mizmor 6

   Rabbi Avi Baumol

   Mizmor 6 opens with the word “God” and addresses Him directly. The Mizmor describes great despair and perhaps depression due to a state of sin. David teaches us to express ourselves and our predicaments to God at our time of need.

2. Opening Themes in Sefer Shoftim

   Rabbi Michael Hattin

   This article adresses some of the major themes of Sefer Shoftim: 

   1) The limitations of the great conquest of Yehoshua and the need for ongoing inhabitation of the Land 

   2) The unified national model of leadership versus the local tribal leadership model 

   3) The less direct means of communication with God during the period of the Judges.