Haftarah Service Introduction: Hanah’s Prayer

To throw up our hands and surrender to the myth of inevitability is to relinquish the most precious gift given to humanity: our capacity to change the world around us.  We can be scared without being resigned.  We can be exhausted without being fatalistic.  We can be discouraged but nonetheless courageous.  

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Look closely at this week’s reading and we can discern a shining thread. What does it mean, and what can it teach us about our own power in times of adversity?  

Rabbi Sharon Brous on The Next Big Idea Daily podcast.