{"id":64688,"date":"2021-12-03T15:22:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T20:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=64688"},"modified":"2021-12-03T15:22:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T20:22:57","slug":"off-the-pulpit-two-dreams-two-miracles-one-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/off-the-pulpit-two-dreams-two-miracles-one-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Pulpit: Two Dreams, Two Miracles, One Meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"

By RABBI DAVID WOLPE<\/p>\n

Joseph has two dreams \u2013 one of sheaves and one of stars. The first is a dream of material and the second a dream of spirit.<\/p>\n

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Judaism is a tradition of balance. We do not ask people to commit to lives of pure spiritual yearning, fasting, isolating themselves and disdaining the goods of the world. At the same time, we have Shabbat, a day each week when one is not supposed to spend money or engage in business, because it is too easy to be captured by the purely material. We are composite creatures, needing both to thrive in this world as images of God. As we light the candles, let us be grateful for the goods of the world and for the flame of spirit.<\/p>\n

Happy Chanukah!<\/p>\n

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

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