Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child — the making of signs to the deaf-mute Zechariah communicates that the community understands his condition as an inability to communicate, not merely to speak. The consultation of the father for the naming decision is the appropriate patriarchal custom — and it will produce the miracle of Zechariah's restored speech.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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