DEATH AND REBIRTH

✨ Shabbat Tisha B’Avl in time. ✨

Today is Tisha b’Av.

The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem left a huge vacuum in Jewish life. Visions of Death and Rebirth loom large at this tender time.

The Temple was where Jewish life happened. The Temple, rituals, holy days, and values seemed to be destroyed.

What happened next forever changed the way the Jewish people worship. This was a radical shift. There was a lot of doubt. No one knew if it would take.

A group of wise radicals met and grappled with the situation. A new system was carefully and lovingly developed.

Prayer replaced sacrifices. New methods of commemorating holidays, making connections with Source, and living life with shared Jewish values emerged. Rabbinic Judaism was born.

Since time holds imprints of happenings, this time of year holds death (destruction of the Temple) and rebirth – recaptulation and reformulating of Jewish life (Rabbinic Judaism). This time of year invites deep reflection.

The three weeks and Tisha b’Av are useful portals to review where our lives are on track and, even more so, what patterns need to be changed or eliminated.

Here we are over two millennia later, and we are still here.

You will find some of my reflections – personal, Jewish, and global.

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Have a meaningful day.