We are All Away, We are All Home and We are All Bozos on the Bus We sometimes talk to people. We sometimes talk to pets and these days we often talk to Siri and Alexa. And in Judaism, we sometimes talk to books. Whether it be a tractate of Talmud or an order of the Mishnah, upon completion, we say the hadran. The hadran, is a promise given. In a sense, we talk to the book and say, “We will return to you.” It is in these weeks that we return to the story of Avraham and to one of the most profound statements of identity that he makes. And every year, the more I experience life in the halls of school and beyond, his statement rings more true. He identifies himself as a ger v’toshav , both a stranger and a dweller (Gen 32:4). Even after years of success in the region, he still feels like a stranger. And while he is saying this to Bnei Chet, I think Avraham, himself, feels like both a ger and a toshav - as it is a deep seeded reality of the human condition. Our children, our
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