Reasonable, spiritual, authentic Judaism
Exploring a reasonable and relevant Judaism - authentic and current, inclusive and welcoming - Rabbi Jonathan opens and develops discussions delving into Jewish life, learning, and meaning. “Jewish and...” means Judaism enhanced because today's Judaism is: multi-faith, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, pluralist, pro-LGBTQ+, feminist, and multi-generational. “Jewish and…” starts with Jewish sources: Torah, Midrash, Talmud, Commentaries, Israel, Yiddish, Hebrew, Food, Klezmer, and anything else that connects us to our Jewish selves.
Chesed in Hod - compassion in awe and humility.
I find it easy to see compassion coming from our sense of smallness - this allows us to sympathize easily.
We must proceed cautiously lest we get swept up in sympathizing and lose our ability to help out.
We need compassion for ourselves when in the place of grace in our smallness, so that we can avoid powerlessness.
Happy return to Chesed day 1 of week 5!
