REM
So, stand in the place where you live
Now face north
Think about direction, wonder why you haven't before
Now stand in the place where you work
Now face west, think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven't before
Your feet are going to be on the ground
Your head is there to move you around
If wishes were trees the trees would be falling
Listen to reason
Season is calling
(ט) אַתֶּ֨ם נִצָּבִ֤ים הַיּוֹם֙ כֻּלְּכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י ה' אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם רָאשֵׁיכֶ֣ם שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗ם זִקְנֵיכֶם֙ וְשֹׁ֣טְרֵיכֶ֔ם כֹּ֖ל אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (י) טַפְּכֶ֣ם נְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֶ֑יךָ מֵחֹטֵ֣ב עֵצֶ֔יךָ עַ֖ד שֹׁאֵ֥ב מֵימֶֽיךָ׃ (יא) לְעָבְרְךָ֗ בִּבְרִ֛ית ה' אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ וּבְאָלָת֑וֹ אֲשֶׁר֙ ה' אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ כֹּרֵ֥ת עִמְּךָ֖ הַיּֽוֹם׃ (יב) לְמַ֣עַן הָקִֽים־אֹתְךָ֩ הַיּ֨וֹם ׀ ל֜וֹ לְעָ֗ם וְה֤וּא יִֽהְיֶה־לְּךָ֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לָ֑ךְ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁבַּע֙ לַאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃
(9) You are standing this day, all of you, before the LORD your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel, (10) your little ones, your wives, and your stranger that is in the midst of your camp, from the hewer of your wood to the drawer of your water; (11) so that you should enter into the covenant of the LORD thy God—and into His oath—which the LORD your God makes with you this day; (12) that He may establish you this day to Himself for a people, and that He may be to you a God, as He spoke to you, and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
(א) וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיְדַבֵּ֛ר אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה אֶל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (ב) וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם בֶּן־מֵאָה֩ וְעֶשְׂרִ֨ים שָׁנָ֤ה אָנֹכִי֙ הַיּ֔וֹם לֹא־אוּכַ֥ל ע֖וֹד לָצֵ֣את וְלָב֑וֹא וַֽה' אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֔י לֹ֥א תַעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֥ן הַזֶּֽה׃
(1) Moses went and spoke these things to all Israel. (2) He said to them: I am now one hundred and twenty years old, I can no longer be active. Moreover, the LORD has said to me, “You shall not go across yonder Jordan.”
תורה אור וישב דף ל/א
'כה אמר ה' צבאות אם בדרכי תלך ... ונתתי לך מַהְלְכִים בין העומדים האלה' (זכריה שם). הנה נודע שהמלאכים נקראים עומדים, כמו שכתוב (ישעיהו ו', ב'): 'שרפים עומדים'. וגם הנשמות קודם בואם לעולם-הזה נקראים גם כן עומדים, כמו שכתוב (מ"ב ה', ט"ז; וכעין זה שם ג', י"ד. מ"א י"ז, א. שם י"ח, ט"ו): 'חי ה' אשר עמדתי לפניו'. רק אחרי ירידת הנשמות לעולם-הזה בהתלבשות בגוף ונפש הבהמית נקראים מַהְלְכִים ...
Torah Ohr Vayeshev 30a (R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi)
On Zechariah 3:7 - behold it is known that we refer to angels as omdim standing, as it is written (Isaiah 6:2) seraphim stand. And also the souls before they arrive to this world are also referred to as omdim, as it is written I swear by the Holy Alive One that I stood in front of Him (Kings II, 5:16; similarly 3:14 and Kings I 18:15). Only after the descent of the souls to this world, in their clothing themselves in the body and in the animal spirit we refer to them as walking.
Possible translations of nitzavim include: to position oneself, to stand firm, not be influenced to move. Omed has the conotation of movement at any moment. We, humans, can be stuck or walking - there are no other ways.
The root שוב, which is the root of תשובה, appears on Parashat Nitzavim 7 times. Changing is the core of being human. Teshuvah means we pay attention to the direction we want this change to go. But why do we do not do teshuvah?
No meio do caminho tinha uma pedra
tinha uma pedra no meio do caminho
tinha uma pedra
no meio do caminho tinha uma pedra
Nunca me esquecerei desse acontecimento
na vida de minhas retinas tão fatigadas.
Nunca me esquecerei que no meio do caminho
tinha uma pedra
tinha uma pedra no meio do caminho
no meio do caminho tinha uma pedra.
In the middle of the way
there was a boulder in the middle of the way
in the middle of the way there was a boulder
the was a boulder
in the middle of the way
I shall never forget this event
in the life of my fatigued retinas.
I shall never forget that in the middle of the way
there was a boulder
there was a boulder in the middle of the way
in the middle of the way there was a boulder.