Sorrow. Anger. Numbness. Disbelief. Those are the emotions that have been swirling around inside me ever since I heard the news two nights ago that a group of men who were praying in a synagogue in Har Nof (a neighborhood I lived in for a year when I was nineteen) were literally butchered to death by terrorists with a meat cleaver, an axe, and a gun. I was feeling so many things, but couldn’t form them into words. So I cried. A few times. I wanted to say something – it was time to post something new here – but we’ve had such a slew of tragedies over the past few months, I was running on empty. I looked to the weekly Torah portion for an idea, but nothing spoke to me. Our sages ask, “Who is truly wise?” and they answer, “He who learns from all people.” So last night, when I saw an old Mexican proverb which brought me comfort, I knew it was the inspiration I wanted to share. They thought they would bury us, but didn’t realize we were seeds. It so brilliantly sums up the essence of the Jewish people. We have been battered and beaten down throughout the millennia during this long and painful exile. And we keep going. Time and again, we rise up from the ashes–with none more dramatic than from Holocaust to the State of Israel. Read more: jewinthecity/2014/11/they-thought-theyd-bury-us-but-didnt-realize-we-were-seeds/#ixzz3JwsQGsbn
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 02:20:56 +0000
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