Lessons for the Pandemic (and after the Pandemic)
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Title
Lessons for the Pandemic (and after the Pandemic)
Description
The Torah teaches us that after Noah survived the flood and emerged from the arc, he built a vineyard, and shortly after reaping the fruits of his labor, he got drunk. And Noah, we are told, “was a righteous man in his generation.” We are not Noah. We are not righteous. And what will be with us? How will we behave with solid ground once again under our feet? How will we, once this virus is defeated, find balance between our trauma and a sudden newfound sense of technological and medical power, and human achievement? When the economy returns to its strength, how might it change us too? The Torah warns us: we will become drunk with power. And there is more.
Subject
Traditioning -- scriptural
has community
Congregation Beth Israel
Spatial Coverage
Berkeley, CA, USA
has denomination
Orthodox Judaism
Date Submitted
11/28/2020 16:14
