What Yom Kippur is to the spirit, Sukkot is to the body.
What Yom Kippur is to the spirit, Sukkot is to the body.
During this period, our tradition teaches, we must reach out to “clean up” our relationships and seek reconciliation.
When we hear the shofar this year, may we each hear the cries of those whose voices we’ve willfully or unknowingly ignored.
When I think about the coming months, I’m inspired to not simply “return to normal” but to build a “new normal” that proactively centers human dignity.
Some dismiss or even erase uncomfortable texts, but it is not the goal of Jewish education to help us feel comfortable.
As much as we may want to believe it has been achieved, it is clear our freedom is still a work in progress and isn’t evenly distributed among all citizens.
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