The People of Israel in exile are likened to dry bones, as described by the prophet Ezekiel: "Can these bones live?" (Ezekiel 37:3). This miracle involves self-sacrifice, struggles, and a long and ...

The Judaism of Galut is a dry, juiceless Judaism. Just as the Prophet Ezekiel describes Jewish life in the Diaspora as a valley of dry bones (Ezekiel, 37:1-14), the Torah practiced in impure foreign ...