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Rebuilding

by Rachie Lewis

When an entire city is physically obliterated, what is still within our control is our own behavior and activity, and what stays strong, though weakened from catastrophe, are the citizens who remain. Such blatant exposure of human vulnerability empowers us to rebuild, for collective power can emerge from individual wounds and frailty. Though Sukkot may reveal that we are subject to a force beyond our understanding, perhaps it can compel us to defend ourselves against that knowledge. Perhaps it can also teach us the strength of greater numbers, of unity channeled toward improving lives or simply guiding them back to where they once were.

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Rachie Lewis was a Fellow at Yeshivat Hadar during the Summer 2009 session.

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Posted by Emily.Comisar@birthrightisraelnext.org, Tuesday, October 6th, 2009, 3:29 pm, Harvest to Harvest.