Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Seventh Night, From the Thought of Rabbi Sacks

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Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023

When I stand today in Jerusalem, or in a Jewish school, or see a Jewish couple under the wedding canopy, or see parents at the Shabbat table blessing their children, there are times when I am overcome with tears, not in sadness nor in joy, but in awe at this people who came face to face with the Angel of Death and refused to give it a final victory.

Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023

The Jewish people lives, and still bears witness to the living God.

Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023

A Letter in the Scroll, 192

Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023

Points to Ponder

  1. What is it about Jerusalem, a Jewish school, a Jewish wedding, or a Jewish family around their Shabbat table that caused Rabbi Sacks to feel awe?
Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023
  1. How does this passage expand on the ideas found in “The Light of the Spirit Never Dies” (p. 82)?