The purpose of this blog is to help everyone unplug. Please print and share.
Thank you for your kind replies to last week's "Seven Bridges Run" email.
Another thing I learned from my father - multi-task (within reason). For insance, he kept a small radio in the bathroom to listen to the news while brushing his teeth.
Nowadays, brushing my teeth is about the only time I get a chance to hear the radio.
And yesterday an ad came on that began:
"Want to unplug? Want to get away from the constant stream of the digital world?"
Three questions for your table:
1. What would you guess was the next line of the ad?
2. Is unplugging a want or a need?
3. Other than Shabbat, is there any way to truly, fully, one hundred percent unplug?
By the way (pardon the awkward transition), for most of Jewish history, this time of year has been the darkest.
Unfortunately, massacres of innocent Jews can happen and have happened in all seasons, but the worst have been saved for mid-summer, leading up to the 9th of Av (Tisha B'Av) which begins tonight (since it's Shabbat, the fast is pushed off until Saturday night).
(Can you name the 5 catastrophes that occurred on the 9th of Av?)
The Rabbis of old tell us that the root of these tragedies is baseless hatred.
Final question for your table: If so, how should we be responding to ongoing tragedy?
Shabbat Shalom
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Thank you for your kind replies to last week's "Seven Bridges Run" email.Another thing I learned from my father - multi-task (within reason). For insance, he kept a small radio in the bathroom to listen to the news while brushing his teeth.
Nowadays, brushing my teeth is about the only time I get a chance to hear the radio.
And yesterday an ad came on that began:
"Want to unplug? Want to get away from the constant stream of the digital world?"
Three questions for your table:
1. What would you guess was the next line of the ad?
2. Is unplugging a want or a need?
3. Other than Shabbat, is there any way to truly, fully, one hundred percent unplug?
By the way (pardon the awkward transition), for most of Jewish history, this time of year has been the darkest.
Unfortunately, massacres of innocent Jews can happen and have happened in all seasons, but the worst have been saved for mid-summer, leading up to the 9th of Av (Tisha B'Av) which begins tonight (since it's Shabbat, the fast is pushed off until Saturday night).
(Can you name the 5 catastrophes that occurred on the 9th of Av?)
The Rabbis of old tell us that the root of these tragedies is baseless hatred.
Final question for your table: If so, how should we be responding to ongoing tragedy?
Shabbat Shalom
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