Calling their father by the name he got after wrestling an angel, they say, “Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad – Hear Israel, our father, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.” Listen, dad, they say – we still believe we are connected to something greater than each of us, and through this connection, our sufferings and joys, your life and ours, are all bound together as one.
Read MoreEven though we are still in the midst of exile, confronted with unthinkable suffering, the prophet calls on us to imagine what it could look like to live as if the world is suffused with divine light….Just weeks after the breakage of Tisha B’av, Isaiah tells us to envision the world’s hidden wholeness. To recall our endless capacity to heal and find new hope, as individuals, and as a global community.
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