שייכות: Solidarity and social responsibility
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ShareShabbat Shekalim 5785/2025. In a Jewish world post Oct. 7 2023 and all that followed, what do we as a community hold to be the minimum requirement of solidarity, as we define "belonging"?
From the reading for Shabbat T'rumah:
דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְיִקְחוּ־לִ֖י תְּרוּמָ֑ה מֵאֵ֤ת כׇּל־אִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִדְּבֶ֣נּוּ לִבּ֔וֹ תִּקְח֖וּ אֶת־תְּרוּמָתִֽי׃
Tell the Israelite people to bring Me gifts; you shall accept gifts for Me from every person whose heart is so moved.
From the reading for Shabbat Shekalim:
הֶֽעָשִׁ֣יר לֹֽא־יַרְבֶּ֗ה וְהַדַּל֙ לֹ֣א יַמְעִ֔יט מִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית הַשָּׁ֑קֶל לָתֵת֙ אֶת־תְּרוּמַ֣ת יהוה לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם׃
the rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than half a shekel when giving GOD’s offering as expiation for your persons.
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[From: Achilles in Vietnam: Combat trauma and the undoing of character. Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D. Scribner, NY. 1994 (2003), p. 198]
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