Not By Bread Alone
כִּי לֹא עַל-הַלֶּחֶם לְבַדּוֹ יִחְיֶה הָאָדָם.
The Rio Olympics just ended. It was a thrill to watch Simone and Michael, Usain and Aly. I love the Olympics and enjoy especially hearing the stories of the athletes and their families and am inspired by the extraordinary effort and commitment that goes into their training. It was reported that these games cost over $12 billion dollars.
As uplifting as the Olympics are, how can such a price-tag for a two-week athletic competition be justified? There are orphans to be cared for, hungry mouths to feed, and refugees to be relocated. Twelve billion dollars would go a long way towards alleviating real problems in our world.
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