Deleted this mornings entry. saved it to a folder just for myself. good writing but not for the world.
Okay that startled me but here is the rest of today's offering from a wonderful Rabbi regarding Hanukkah which is just ending:
Rabbi Levi Yitzhak views Hanukkah as a model for understanding how the Divine interacts with Israel and the world in contemporary times -- "ba-z'man ha-zeh." While one might wish for God's supernatural intervention, the Divine acts in a much more refined manner. In the mystical terminology of Hasidism, God functions from within a state of tzimtzum (veiled appearance), active but not easily perceptible to the seeker.
And this is an example of why i love Jews and often wish that I was a Jew but alas!1 I am Christian right down to my toes. this discussion of the activity of God is so thoughtful so inspired, so mature so grown-up that I just shiver.
About Me
- Singing Sparrow
- I almost always write in the early morning. I am an aging hippie living with my husband lover, my adult daughter,my almost adult granddaughter looking for her first full time job and my almost teenage grandson and my sister who is 11 months the younger. As the world prepares for a righteous struggle for individual independence and the correcting of the power of corporations to tell how, where and even when to live i seek the lower level where gardens grow and children learn. +++
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