“Remember Your Creator”: Urgency and Imperative Wisdom in Ecclesiastes 12:1
וּזְכֹר֙ אֶת־בֹּ֣ורְאֶ֔יךָ בִּימֵ֖י בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָ עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־יָבֹ֨אוּ֙ יְמֵ֣י הָֽרָעָ֔ה וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ שָׁנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאמַ֔ר אֵֽין־לִ֥י בָהֶ֖ם חֵֽפֶץ׃ (Ecclesiastes 12:1) And remember your Creator in the days of your youth: before the days of evil come, and the years arrive of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them.” Memory Before the Days of Trouble…