{"id":40484,"date":"2017-12-29T17:10:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T23:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=40484"},"modified":"2017-12-29T17:10:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T23:10:21","slug":"off-the-pulpit-a-sabbatical-farewell-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/off-the-pulpit-a-sabbatical-farewell-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Pulpit: A Sabbatical Farewell Message"},"content":{"rendered":"

By RABBI DAVID WOLPE<\/p>\n

For over twenty-five years I have written the weekly “Musings” column for The New York Jewish Week<\/i>, which for more than a decade we have sent out as \u201cOff The Pulpit.\u201d Now, after some 1,300 weekly columns, I am taking a break. I will be on a six-month sabbatical, traveling and writing, from January to June. I won’t be on e-mail or Facebook. A real break.<\/p>\n

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I aimed for the refrigerator. A triumph was a column that somehow ended up on a cork-board or a refrigerator. Of course, it is a little tough to tape your iPhone to the fridge, so, as of late, I have hoped to be forwarded to others.<\/p>\n

The wisdom of the Jewish tradition is literally inexhaustible. When people ask about the inspiration to write each week, the simple answer is that it is all there, in the Torah, in the commentaries, in the vast sea of Talmud and Jewish literature. I know this will continue to nourish me as I hope it nourishes you, and I look forward to seeing you back next summer.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, here are two recent articles — one, a NY Times<\/b><\/span><\/a> review I wrote about whether the Exodus happened and why God no longer speaks to us, and the other for the Jewish Book Council<\/b><\/span><\/a> <\/b>on how Jews comment on one another. Please enjoy and have a restful and blessed new year.<\/p>\n

(Rabbi David Wolpe is the spiritual leader of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. We hope to publish future “Off the Pulpit” commentaries when he returns from his sabbatical.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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