Repairing the Breach
January 19, 2021
Shabbat Shemot Repairing the Breach I speak this morning not as a Democrat or a Republican, but as an American. I speak this morning not about partisan politics, but about American and Jewish values. In Judaism space, like time, can be either sacred or profane. The same holds true in American civic religion. The Talmud teaches a rule "Uvau Vah Peritzim VeChileluha," that from the very moment enemy soldiers wishing to destroy the Beit HaMikdash entered the Temple precincts, all items belonging to the...
