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Last week I suggested asking your table about heroism.
This week it's about legacy.
In short: What's the point of heroism if it makes no lasting impact?
After they chew on that for awhile, try asking this: How many of your eight great-grandparents can you can name? How many of your sixteen great-great grandparents?
Or this: What is something of note that your great-grandparents accomplished?
Now, do you realize that one day, you are going to be someone's great-grandparent?
How are your great-grandchildren going to remember you?
Or to put it this way, here's last week's musical link again. Does that song speak to you?
These questions could be comfortably ignored, or they could penetrate deeply. I hope they can foster a meaningful conversation tonight.
Shabbat Shalom
Announcement: To become a partner in the publication of groundbreaking new book, Body and Soul: A Torah Guide to Health, Fitness, and Longevity, Medically-Annotated, it is now possible to contribute a dedication in someone's honor or memory to be printed in the book, please email dedications@jsli.org for instructions and may the merit of your contribution uplift them and the Jewish People and the world. Eight years in the making, this collaboration of Torah scholars, doctors and dietitians will, we hope, change the way we relate to our bodies and to food.
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This week it's about legacy.
In short: What's the point of heroism if it makes no lasting impact?
After they chew on that for awhile, try asking this: How many of your eight great-grandparents can you can name? How many of your sixteen great-great grandparents?
Or this: What is something of note that your great-grandparents accomplished?
Now, do you realize that one day, you are going to be someone's great-grandparent?
How are your great-grandchildren going to remember you?
Or to put it this way, here's last week's musical link again. Does that song speak to you?
These questions could be comfortably ignored, or they could penetrate deeply. I hope they can foster a meaningful conversation tonight.
Shabbat Shalom
Announcement: To become a partner in the publication of groundbreaking new book, Body and Soul: A Torah Guide to Health, Fitness, and Longevity, Medically-Annotated, it is now possible to contribute a dedication in someone's honor or memory to be printed in the book, please email dedications@jsli.org for instructions and may the merit of your contribution uplift them and the Jewish People and the world. Eight years in the making, this collaboration of Torah scholars, doctors and dietitians will, we hope, change the way we relate to our bodies and to food.
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