{"id":36261,"date":"2017-05-05T15:55:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T21:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=36261"},"modified":"2017-05-05T15:57:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T21:57:00","slug":"off-the-pulpit-when-the-light-goes-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/off-the-pulpit-when-the-light-goes-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Pulpit: When the Light Goes Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

By RABBI DAVID WOLPE<\/p>\n

\"Wolpe_edt\"

So what happens when such a light is extinguished? In our chapel, what happened was that the children who witnessed it continued their service and our prayer minyan continues morning and evening each day while it is being repaired. The light is a symbol; the behavior it is intended to inspire is what counts most of all.<\/p>\n

Throughout Jewish history, synagogues have been destroyed or abandoned and \u2018eternal\u2019 lights extinguished. The true eternal light is in the heart of each Jew who takes up the words of the tradition and offers them back to God. Despite the winds, the window and the crash, the light did not go out in our chapel; prayer and God\u2019s presence still shine bright.<\/p>\n

(Rabbi David Wolpe is the spiritual leader of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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