Page 4 - The Jewsih voice - August '22

Page 4, The Jewish Voice

From the rabbis

Sticks and Stones Might Break create deep schisms between us, forcing many to take a its mission is to heal. The key to receiving healing was

My Bones, But Words Can position on either one side or the other of these highly “to look up” and sense the presence of the Master of the
controversial debates.
Universe, who conducts all the details of our lives without
Truly Hurt Me and encouraging perspective that allows us to see the exception.
The weekly Torah reading provides us with a refreshing

Just like healing antivenom is produced by the snake
Looking Up Beyond the Highland Park bigger picture, and gives us hope for a real solution to venom itself, and like vaccines, many of which are the
Rooftop Shooter the crisis. It’s amazing to see how a narrative in the Torah product of the illness itself, the paradox of healing through
reading is as relevant today as it was 3,300 years ago. hurting is there to teach us not to shoot the messenger but
By Rabbi Dovid Vigler After being attacked by snakes, the Jewish people are to see the bigger picture: the presence of the Master of the
Another horrific terror desperate for healing. G-d instructs Moses to fashion a Universe who employs these agents to fulfill His will.
attack last month has left copper snake and place it up on a pole. “And it shall be For us to blame the guns or the politicians today is akin
us reeling. This time, it was that all who look up at the serpent will be healed.” to our ancestors blaming the snakes for their trauma. While
closer than ever to home While this incident serves as the biblical precedent of sensible safeguards need to be put in place, the notion that
as so many of our South the modern symbol for the medical profession, we wonder these limits alone will bring about the end of violent crime
Florida Jewish Community why G-d sent his blessings of healing through an image of is untenable. The lesson we need to learn is that we need
are residents of the idyllic a serpent — the very cause of their distress? Wouldn’t it to look up and embrace the awareness of G-d in our lives.
Highland Park suburb of have been more appropriate to use the image of something As long as we stubbornly ignore G-d’s providence, we will
Chicago. The madness is more soothing, such as a baby or a nurse? continue to chase our tails as we go on blaming the messenger.
difficult to process. Will Our Sages explain that this experience served as a It’s time to introduce spirituality and the belief in a Higher
life ever go back to normal? powerful meditation in order to formulate the foundation of Power into our personal lives. It’s time to look up and see
Will we ever be able to attend a Fourth of July celebration the nation’s consciousness, and to mold their perception of the bigger picture! A world in which our children feel loved
without looking over our shoulders? the obstacles they would face over the next three millennia: and chosen by G-d is a world in which they will be far less
And now the blame game begins. Politicians seize the By choosing to send us the healing we need through likely to resort to violent crimes in an outburst of their pent
opportunity to blame their opponents, others blame the the snake, G-d was making it abundantly clear that the up frustration and distorted sense of identity.
dearth of mental health resources, and many blame the snake is neither good nor bad, but rather an emissary sent
weapon itself. These debates add insult to injury as they by G-d. Sometimes its mission is to hurt and sometimes From the Rabbis on page 5

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