For most of us, such moments, when our sense of separateness dissolves and we feel deeply connected to everything and everyone—part of the entire ocean rather than a separate wave—are rare and fleeting, if we have them at all. But
Sarah Hurwitz • Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There)
Much of Judaism is about creating those structures of togetherness in a way that honors individuality and yet brings us together to create the things that exist only by virtue of being shared.
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
I find great value in the spaces between us, when we enter those spaces with curiosity and respect and love.
"The bones seem to cut sharply to the center of something keenly alive on the desert even though it is vast and empty and untouchable—and knows no kindness with all...
In those early visits it was as though we were building something sacred. We’d place words carefully together, piling them upon one another, leaving no spaces. We each created towers, two beacons, the like of which are built along roads to guide the way when the weather comes down. We saw one another through the fog, the suffocating repetition of l
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