Listening to Heart-Wisdom
Listening to Heart-Wisdom
Parashat Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1–38:20)
This chapter presents one of the modes of revelation as seen in the readings of Parashat Vayakhel of Exodus, in which Israelites are instructed to rely on their inner wisdom and individual gifts to discern the will of God. This mode of revelation commands Israelites to respond, not out of obedience as they did at Sinai, but rather base on the desire of their heart. The chapter then contrasts this mode of revelation with the spiritual mode of revelation that teaches one to distrust the heart, mind, and body, and trust only the wisdom of sacred text. People with this kind of spiritual model often see LGBT people as deluded, claiming that such people listens only to their inner sense of identity.
Keywords: Parashat Vayakhel, heart, Exodus, individual gifts, inner wisdom
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