マイムマイム: Laser Jews! I've Been Praying For You, Let's Dance Again
Tech Tribe Dispatch #66
💡 Think:
We’re tasked with going out into the world, with engaging with it and refining it. But when approaching this mission it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. How can I find it within myself to truly affect change in others? Perhaps only if I spread myself as thing as possible, with utmost broadness, can I shine a little light in the world.
An approach like that is all well and good when we’re close to our source, when we’re standing directly in the glow of of inspiration. But much like a flashlight in the dark, the light is strongest by its source. As it continues to shine into the darkness, to reach out into the vastness of night, the light becomes diffuse and eventually dissipates entirely. Eventually, if you go too far afield you’ll spread yourself thin.
But then there’s the laser beam - a coherent projection of light that remains concentrated and focused. By creating that inner contraction within us, by focusing on our core strengths and truths, by connecting to our essence as found in the Torah, we have the ability to go the distance and remain bright. So much so, that much like a laser, that if projected with the right strength, can bore through a wall, we can break all barriers in our ways - to continue to shine our light for others.
🏃 DO:
🏠 Judaism is coming home this summer! Each week we’ll be focusing on another Mitzvah that shows how we can connect, outside of the party or the shul. This week: Shabbat Candles! For local candle-lighting times.
🎬 Watch:
How the Israeli folk song Mayim Mayim became a smash hit in Japan.
Read more about it as well! Or to just hear the Japanese version, including the quirky words “I've Been Praying For You, Let's Dance Again” listen here.
Zoya Cherkassky ‘An Open Air Minyan’
📚 Read:
👰Mazel Tov! How Orthodox Weddings Have Changed During COVID-19
✨ Chasidic Wisdom for the Extremely Online
🍲 The Economist takes a look at the classic shabbat dish as the ideal lockdown meal: Cholent
📱 What can the suicide connected after using the popular stock trading app Robinhood teach us about ethics in Silicon Valley?
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