{"id":70744,"date":"2022-12-01T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=70744"},"modified":"2022-12-01T21:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T02:00:16","slug":"off-the-pulpit-which-is-holier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/off-the-pulpit-which-is-holier\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Pulpit: Which is holier?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By RABBI DAVID WOLPE<\/p>\n

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But there is a Jewish principle, tadir ushaino tadir, tadir kodem — when a mitzvah is frequent, and another infrequent, the frequently observed mitzvah takes precedence. This side argues that holiness is found in the commonplace. Surely there is nothing holier than greeting one another on a new day or reading to a child as they drop softly to sleep each night. A well lived life shines through the quotidian, the routine of living, no matter the spice of special occasions.<\/p>\n

The “holiday season” is here, and there is a sadness as holidays recede but also a sense of relief. Each time has its own kind of sacredness. Peaks, plains and valleys, all are essential terrain. For the questing soul, each day, God awaits.<\/p>\n

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

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