A Bisl Torah

Being found sounds like such a gift.

Moses opens our eyes to a real necessity: if we truly love someone, sometimes, the hard, honest truths need to be shared.

As we meet each curve in the road, God’s gentle guidance will lead us to where we are meant to go.

The phrase “in the narrow places” comes from Lamentations 1:3. It’s a direct description of the People of Judah, now exiled, pursued even in the narrowest of places.

Together, we cry. Together, we mourn.

These are small acts that anchor us in an ever-shifting world.

Just as we say when we touch the mezuzah and as we saw on the threshold of the Great Synagogue in Rome, “Blessed are you in your coming and blessed are you in your going.”

We will always remember this week and in the future, our grandchildren will ask us what we did and where we were.

While we may not be able to pinpoint exactly when our children grew older, we can take this moment to remind ourselves that mensches develop when we choose to instill particular values.

The Birkat Kohanim offers canopies of peace through a heavenly merging between God and humanity. We model the priests from thousands of years ago and spread our fingers above the heads of our loved ones and community members.