{"id":63993,"date":"2021-10-21T23:57:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T04:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=63993"},"modified":"2021-10-21T23:57:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T04:57:59","slug":"off-the-pulpit-bring-back-the-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/off-the-pulpit-bring-back-the-noise\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Pulpit: Bring back the noise"},"content":{"rendered":"

By RABBI DAVID WOLPE<\/p>\n

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Then of course, the pandemic struck. Not only did we miss the minyan at first, but even after it resumed, and procedures were altered or only certain classes were in person, things were quiet. And I realized I missed the noise.<\/p>\n

I wonder how much that we think of as a problem we would miss if it was taken away. Sometimes underneath what we consider difficulty there is emptiness. I remember the woman in the assisted living facility who was asked by sociologist Barbara Myerhoff why she fights with the other residents so often. She answered, \u201cWe fight to keep warm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bring back the problems. Bring back the noise.<\/p>\n

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

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