Preaching Goes Viral

Radically Different, Radically the Same

Good deeds and service to others

Silver lining: Blessed, grateful, or upbeat about the pandemic

(psychological adjustment? spiritual adju?)) Living with COVID regime

Analogies to Mythic Narratives

Jewish life drastically changed with the destruction of the Temple and it was very hard for our people to give up the sacrifices which were so entrenched in their religious lives. It took hard work to apply the values they learned in a very different world. Yet we managed to do so, and Judaism lived on. Our lives have recently been drastically changed too, with us all suddenly becoming forced to stay home because of the Coronavirus. We, too, are forced to find ways to retain as much of normalcy as possible in this very unnatural reality. But we’re doing the best we can to make the most of it for ourselves and to help each other out as much as we can. When this passes, the experience will certainly have taught us valuable life lessons applicable forever.

2022-12-13

Rabbi Hillel Lavery-Yisraeli

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Beth Jacob Synagogue