Shabbat Sermon: Block Out to Dial In: A Strategy for Hineni in the Age of Covid with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz




From the Bimah: Jewish Lessons for Life show

Summary: <p>100% of us share the same problem.  100% of us will be experiencing the same problem next week on Rosh Hashanah.  100% of us experience the same problem in different ways every day.  Here is the problem.  I’ll use the language of the High Holidays.  When God calls on Abraham, Abraham says: Hineni.  I am here.  Our problem is, how do we say I am here, when I am not here?</p> <p>How does the Newton North or Newton South high school student say I am here for their new school year, when they are not here?  The learning is remote.</p> <p>How does your college sophomore or junior say I am here for my college experience, when they are not here?  They are in their high school bedroom.</p> <p>How do you say I am here for my office or workplace environment when there is no office or workplace environment?</p> <p>Follow this link to view the sermon and watch the live streaming version on our websitehttps://www.templeemanuel.com/rabbi/rabbi-wes-gardenswartz/block-out-to-dial-in-a-strategy-for-hineni-in-the-age-of-covid/</p> <p><br></p>