tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406548572654990798.post3395640030976629576..comments2020-07-14T22:05:54.626-07:00Comments on The Modern Rabbi: A Double Minyan for Peace, or, Seeing the Holiness in Others - Mattot 5774RavHazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06931091309268836557noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406548572654990798.post-18470574512689487022014-07-25T14:40:55.197-07:002014-07-25T14:40:55.197-07:00Indeed, Rabbi, these are very dark hours that have...Indeed, Rabbi, these are very dark hours that have come upon us even as we inch our way to Tisha b'Av in little more than a week.<br /><br />I fear in some ways we have hardly progressed at all in the twelve hundred years since the Talmud was "put on trial" and burned in the streets of Paris in 1242.<br /><br />It is difficult at times to have hope in such a dark world; obviously, we must try.<br /><br />Shabbat Shalom,<br />Elissa S.<br /><br />Elissa S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16752225912076730939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406548572654990798.post-50052030080031865222014-07-19T10:39:19.238-07:002014-07-19T10:39:19.238-07:00Well put, but I fear in a congregation like Temple...Well put, but I fear in a congregation like Temple Israel, mainly falls on deaf ears. I hope I am wrong, though...Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196997728401884301noreply@blogger.com