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Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose is the Rabbi Bernard Lipnick Senior Rabbinic Chair at Congregation Bânai Amoona. Rabbi Rose is a member of the St. Louis Rabbinical and Cantorial Association, which coordinates the dâvar Torah for the Jewish Light.Â
BY RABBI CARNIE SHALOM ROSE Mar 4, 2021
A recent article in The Atlantic (“The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship”) focuses on the decline of interactions among “weak social ties” during the COVID-19 pandemic. This refers
There is a psalm for every day of the week, known as
Shir Shel Yom. Wednesdayâs is Psalm 94, and it tells us, âFor the law shall return to righteousness, and all those of upright heart shall follow it.â
Implicit is the reality that the law is not always righteous. As the Torah warns us, sometimes there isÂ
avale bi-mishpat, or perversion in law. Norms are essential for any functional society, but obedience to the law is never a sufficient religious posture. The truly pious jurist is zealous not so much for enforcing the law as for protecting the integrity of the system so that it can be an effective tool for righteousness.Â
This Shabbat, we find ourselves celebrating the 7th Day of the Festival of Pesach and preparing for this weekâs special reading of the account of Kriat Yam Suf, the crossing of the Sea of Reeds, which tradition posits took place on this day. And yet, though we are knee-deep in our Passover c…