Dear all,
Last week, my father-in-law, Rabbi Levi Galperin, gifted me a small, five volume Tanach/ Bible that he had received when he became a Bar Mitzvah in Romania in 1934. As I opened the pages, I closed my eyes and envisioned the Holocaust, the Birth of Israel, and many other milestones – all part of Levi's journey.
But even more – I also felt the conversations of tomorrow.
You see, I realized that it's not enough to take pride in those who came before me. I need to go a step further:
What will I do in this moment in time so that in 80 years, 150 years, 500 years, someone will have a deeper sense of Judaism?
Today we are descendants. One day we will be ancestors! So let's go out and make a difference.
With love and shalom,
Rabbi Zach Shapiro