Parashat Nətzavim: וּלְבָנֵֽינוּ | ulvanéinu

Several other commentators suggest that the wayward eleventh dot is a hint: The dots don’t actually belong over the words they’re printed over — by rights, they should be printed over “HaSheim, our G-d” to cast doubt on the idea that hidden sins are solely G-d’s responsibility, but they couldn’t be written there because these dots also imply that maybe the words they’re on should be erased, and the scribes found the thought of erasing G-d’s name unconscionable. In some way, then, G-d’s responsibility has been shifted onto us. There are weights we “shouldn’t” have to carry that we must make our peace with all the same.

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