There is something profoundly beautiful about the current timing.

We’re sitting in the day of Tisha B’Av, the anniversary of our greatest destruction. A day that mourns what we lost, but also whispers about everything we still have the power to build.

The Jewish story has never been one of avoiding fire…it’s  about walking through it.

Again. And again. And again.

Every exile.  Every heartbreak. Every act of hatred. Every time the world thought we were finished…

The phoenix has always reminded me of the Jewish people, not because fire is the goal, but because every fire burns away what no longer serves us and reveals something stronger, purer, and closer to G-D.

This........

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