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Shabbat Sermon: Emotional Traffic Jam with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Shabbat Sermon: Emotional Traffic Jam with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
There is a famous vignette in the Talmud that resonates mightily for our time. It concerns a traffic jam. One morning a bride and her retinue go off to her wedding. A happy procession. There is singing and joy in the air. It is palpable. The bride is so happy. She can just imagine the rest of her life, building a life with the love of her life, the good times they will have, the family they will build, the home they will create, the good that they can do together. But at the exact same time, a funeral procession takes off. A wife is now to lay her husband of many years to his resting place. There is sadness in the air. Worry. What will be? The widow weeps: I cannot imagine life without my husband. We have been together forever. I have never been alone. How am I to live alone?
The bride’s laughter, the widow’s weeping, collide. The two processions cannot make it through at the same time. What should happen next?
The bride’s laughter, the widow’s weeping, collide. The two processions cannot make it through at the same time. What should happen next?
Released:
Apr 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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