\u201cYou remind me of somebody who is looking out through a closed window and cannot explain to himself the strange movements of a passer-by.He cannot tell what sort of storm is raging out there or that this person might only be managing with difficulty to stay on his feet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Baal Shem Tov once used a similar image to explain how people sway and love in prayer, moving to music others cannot hear. Whether in prayer or in the motions of life, we often find that the elements strike differently on us than others can possibly imagine. We move through life with resistances that to others seem negligible or nonexistent.<\/p>\n
No two people are exactly alike, and no two struggles exactly alike. Both the philosopher and the Rabbi point out that one cannot always feel one\u2019s way into another\u2019s soul. We can but trust, and help.<\/p>\n
Rabbi David Wolpe is the senior rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles.<\/em><\/p>\n
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