8 Emulate G!dly ways

This follows from the hard lesson I learned all those years ago. Rambam’s Hebrew offers some interesting ideas…

להדמוֹת

Resemblance is the most basic idea presented here, but variations connote stillness, quiet, silence, tranquility. The most chilling use of this word, I think, occurs in Sedra Shmini. Aharon’s sons Nadav and Avihu both die during the public inauguration of the Tabernacle. Aharon, we are told, “was still.” When there is no way to convey emotion the only remedy is silence.