A Moment in Time: “Seeing Something for the First Time …. Again.”

Dear all,

Walking into my home on Wednesday afternoon, Maya and Eli ran to me exclaiming, “Daddy, there’s a rainbow, there’s a rainbow!!!!!”

We then sat, gazing out the window at not just one rainbow, but at the marvel of a double rainbow that smiled over the city.

I never tire of seeing rainbows. But this was the first rainbow my kids have seen in person. And experiencing the marvel through their eyes enabled me to behold the colors in the sky as though it was my very first time.

Imagine, just imagine, if we all encountered the world through the wonderment of a child’s eyes. They remind us not to take a precious moment in time for granted.

Baruch Atah Adonai, Blessed are You, Adonai, who remembers Your covenant with and promise to creation.” (Based on the traditional Hebrew prayer for seeing a rainbow).

With love and shalom,

Rabbi Zach Shapiro