Sacks 6/7:6 or 7 Insights by Rabbi Sacks in the Coming Parshiyot Vaera, Bo, Beshalach E very week or so, depending on the Parsha, I will share 6 or 7 insights from Rabbi Sacks that stuck out to me and will inspire us in the coming week or weeks. Insight #1 - וָאֵרָא-The purpose of Freedom-8:16 וְיַעַבְדֻנִי Send My people forth, so that they may serve Me – The Torah does not frame the move from slavery to freedom in terms of the ability to do what you like. Rather, it promotes the freedom to do what you ought. -p. 433 Insight #2-Intro to בֹּא-The Importance of Storytelling-The World tells stories to put people to sleep, I tell stories to wake people up" - R. Nachman of Breslov Parashat Bo introduces the institution of storytelling as a fundamental religious duty, recalling and re-enacting the events of the exodus every year, and in particular, making children central to the story. If we are the story we tell about ourselves, then as long as we never lose the story, we will neve...
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