Sermon
11 months ago • Dec 9, 2023

We Have No Other Choice

By
Rabbi Sharon Brous

Parshat Vayeshev Sermon. A medieval text cries out to us from the depths of Jacob’s anguished heart to our own: beware lest we see a whole world full of bloodthirsty predators. Adding grief to grief will never heal the broken heart. We don’t all need to love each other. But we absolutely must understand one another.

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