(ט) וּבְב֨וֹא עַם־הָאָ֜רֶץ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָה֮ בַּמּוֹעֲדִים֒ הַבָּ֡א דֶּרֶךְ־שַׁ֨עַר צָפ֜וֹן לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֗ת יֵצֵא֙ דֶּרֶךְ־שַׁ֣עַר נֶ֔גֶב וְהַבָּא֙ דֶּרֶךְ־שַׁ֣עַר נֶ֔גֶב יֵצֵ֖א דֶּרֶךְ־שַׁ֣עַר צָפ֑וֹנָה לֹ֣א יָשׁ֗וּב דֶּ֤רֶךְ הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣א ב֔וֹ כִּ֥י נִכְח֖וֹ (יצאו) [יֵצֵֽא]׃
(9) But on the fixed occasions, when the common people come before GOD, whoever enters by the north gate to bow low shall leave by the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate shall leave by the north gate. They shall not go back through the gate by which they came in, but shall go out by the opposite one.bby the opposite one Lit. “straight before him.”
Questions:
- Consider this line from Molly Morris's article, "Prayer is meant to change us."
- Have you ever felt changed through prayer?
- When imagining life-changing prayer, what would you attribute to intention vs. performative action?
- What are other thresholds in time and/or space?
- What's the difference between a threshold you can enter and leave from vs. one through which you can only move in one direction?