On Simchat Torah, we finished reading the Torah and then immediately began reading the Torah. What is it about this book that it plays such a prominent role in our lives?  In Jewish Law as Rebellion, Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo writes:

I believe that the Torah is min haShamayim (of divine origin) and that its every word is holy.  But I do not believe that the Torah is (always) historically true (sometimes it seems like divine fiction), or that it is uninfluenced by external sources.  Nor do I believe that all its laws are morally acceptable. They are not.

What I believe is that the Torah is often morally, deeply, and deliberately “flawed,” and furthermore, that God Himself intentionally made it flawed…

Why would God make the Torah flawed?  I believe this “flaw” is actually our end of the covenant.  This is our opportunity to interact with the text and have the text interact with us.  This is our opportunity to enable the text to come alive and breathe life into it, so it brings holiness to our lives and the lives of the people with whom we live.  This “flaw” is God calling upon us to live up to our responsibility to be Godly in everything we do.