{"id":57666,"date":"2020-10-30T08:09:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T14:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=57666"},"modified":"2020-10-30T08:09:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T14:09:53","slug":"off-the-pulpit-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/off-the-pulpit-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Pulpit: Move!"},"content":{"rendered":"

By RABBI DAVID WOLPE<\/p>\n

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Motion is life and change and growth. Movement of the body aids movement of the mind. An angel tells the depressed and motionless Elijah to walk back to the people, Miriam dances in joy at the sea, and Isaac, when he first sees his beloved Rebeka, is wandering in the field.<\/p>\n

The onset of the pandemic has made movement more difficult for most of us. Nonetheless constant sitting is unhealthy for both the body and the spirit. When we are in mourning, we sit shiva<\/i>; when the period is over it is traditional to walk around the block. Movement returns us to life. We do not sit in God\u2019s ways, but \u201cwalk in My ways (Lev<\/em>. 26:3).\u201d The Psalmist advises, \u201cLet them praise God\u2019s name with dancing (149:3).\u201d Walk and run and dance. If you are blessed enough to have limbs that can move, move!<\/p>\n

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

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