Our final stop before dinner was at a 6000-year-old shrine. It was pre-Israelite, so our ancestors didn't worship there, but it gave us a sense that people have been worshipping God in the desert for many centuries. Muki split us up into chevruta (study pairs) and together we read from I Kings 19 about the prophet Elijah's flight to the desert after his victorious competition with the worshippers of Baal. Elijah thinks he can escape God in the desert, but in fact his relationship with God is strengthened when an angel brings him food and water and encourages him to return to the service of God.
Our discussion in this setting brought the Bible to a different level. I especially appreciated Tamara's (my chevrutah partner) interpretation of what the Bible means when it says God was in the still small voice.
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