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Sermon

4 years ago • May 16, 2020

The Danger of Distancing and Why We Must Stay Proximate

By
Rabbi Sharon Brous

Shabbat Behar-Behukotai Sermon. In a world with no accidental encounters, the real danger is that we start to forget about each other. What are we doing to counteract the emotional chasm emerging between us in this time of isolation? Because the minute we believe the myth that we are not all bound up in one another, we’ve lost.