Take the holidays -- which were spiritually uplifting beyond anything I could have imagined, and at the same time a LOT of work -- plus my finishing touches on Rhoda's biography plus helping the kids with schoolwork plus the usual duties of work and strains of exercise and general household stuff...
...and I'm exhausted.
I've been making the best of things in the past few days by going for dips in the ocean. It's unseasonably warm, even for Los Angeles, and the water hasn't yet acquired that biting winter cold. We probably have a few weeks left in which to enjoy the beach in that special, summerlike-autunmnal SoCal kind of way...
I'm beginning to think that the pursuit of beauty is almost a moral imperative. We've left it behind over the past several decades -- I don't know why. I'm not talking about the commercialization of appearance or the sexualization of whatever. I'm talking about the things we discover, all around us, spontaneously.
Today's episode is devoted to the second anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks. It was produced before the announcement of a ceasefire deal, yet remains current & relevant.
Please listen, and #bringthemhome.
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This week's portion is a beautiful poem, containing the Covenant between God and the people of Israel. But given the breaking news that Hamas may actually have agreed to release all of the Israeli hostages, I will devote my remarks to that.
One hopes it is true; if so, it makes this week's additional reading, from II Samuel 22, even more relevant: David's song of praise to the Lord for delivering him from the hand of his enemies.
"18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support."
So much to focus on this week -- and much breaking news. A peace deal in the Middle East, perhaps? Eric Adams dropping out of the mayor's race? And a looming shutdown as Democrats push their demands beyond absurdity.
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