Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Second Night, From the Thought of Rabbi Sacks
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The family…is the best means we have yet discovered for nurturing future generations and enabling children to grow in a matrix of stability and love. It is where we learn the delicate choreography of relationship and how to handle the inevitable conflicts within any human group. It is where we first take the risk of giving and receiving love. It is where one generation passes on its values to the next, ensuring the continuity of a civilisation. For any society, the family is the crucible of its future, and for the sake of our children’s future, we must be its defenders.
Morality, 74
❖ Points to Ponder
- Why is the family unit so important according to Rabbi Sacks?
- What is the connection between this quote and the message from Rabbi Sacks in “The Light of War and the Light of Peace” (p. 60)?