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Release, Return

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Too Late So Early

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Parshat Lech-Lecha 5785

We make assumptions about others based on what we see: what they wear, what they drive, their work, past-times… And we project upon the other who passes our superficial entrance exam what we want them to be — i.e., more like us!

Outrage. Sorrow. Resolve.

Feb 24, 2025 | A Rabbi Writes

outrage

sorrow

resolve

let not the desire for deserved retribution

the justified outrage over evil and lies

overwhelm our deep sorrow

and our deeper resolve

for our resolve

deepened and hardened by our sorrow

is stronger than lies and evil

retribution will come in its due time

kein yehi ratzon / may it be so

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Shabbat shalom!