{"id":64961,"date":"2021-12-17T17:27:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T22:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=64961"},"modified":"2021-12-17T17:27:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T22:27:06","slug":"off-the-pulpit-traveling-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/off-the-pulpit-traveling-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Pulpit: Traveling at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

By RABBI DAVID WOLPE<\/p>\n

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The Rabbis had a wise principle: \u201cThe frequent takes precedence over the rare.\u201d So a holiday that comes all of the time, like the Sabbath, takes precedence over holidays that come once a<\/p>\n

Yet often we do precisely the reverse: distance activates our empathy. Our country and our lives would be better if we could imagine our fellow citizens as foreign, our family as strangers \u2014 only for the purposes of giving them the space to be different. Love those who are like you when they are unlike you. Have the heart of a traveler at home.<\/p>\n

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

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