A post-election Shabbos

is a quote from a Jewish mystic: “Everything teems with richness, everything aspires to ascend and be purified. Everything sings, celebrates, serves, develops, evolves, uplifts, aspires to be arranged in oneness.” How often can a person sense this? I don’t know. I do know that this is the purpose of Shabbos and, for many, the felt experience of Shabbos, when the world is arranged in oneness. What a beautiful way to put it. Here is a quote from a recent press release: Rev. Rosemary Lloyd, a Unitarian Universalist minister, strongly recommends that synagogues put aside one Shabbos to “talk with our loved ones about our wishes for the kind of care we would like at the end of life.” I do not doubt that talking […]