Isaiah, in Chapter 58, verses 1-14, cautions us that ritual without action is not enough.
We can attend our yearly services, but we need more. We must change and help others make their life journeys in our own Jewish and larger communities.
Jack Wertheimer, professor of American Jewish History at Jewish Theological Seminary, wrote in a recent Wall Street Journal column that many of us come once a year to renew connections with family and friends within the Jewish community.
We renew our personal connection to prayer during the holidays, Wertheimer said, engaging as a “community of seekers” who realize the importance of connecting our daily lives to a higher purpose.
