Korohod: The ecstatic jig thawing the frigid coarseness of the mundane world
Tech Tribe Dispatch #78
💡 Think:
Sukkot arrives this evening, and despite the slow lurch towards a relative return to normalcy in New York, for many the realities of social distancing mean the celebration of the holiday will not be the same. Some may even be alone.
But especially during Sukkot, we are never alone. The mystics explain that the Ushpizin, spiritual guests, join us in the sukkah each night. What’s more, the founders of the chasidic movement - the Baal Shem Tov; the Alter Rebbe, the founder of Chabad, and others are said to visit as well.
In a letter penned by the previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, he describes the lone Jew experiencing this encounter:
The chasidic masters draw the lone chasid sitting in sukkah found in the farthest corners of the world, into an ecstatic jig that washes away the darkest stains of exile. Perhaps with physical eyes we only see the frigid coarseness of the mundane world, but the soul experiences this supernal revelation
🏃 DO:
🕺 Rejoice at home! Check out Chabad.org’s DIY Sukkot celebration guide!
🍋 Join our Socially Distant, Spiritually Close Sukkah! We have two slots left, reply to this email to get one!
🤖 Googlers, join us October 22nd for our next Tech Tribe x Jewglers lunch and learn: Can Robots Be Jewish?
🎧 Listen:
Let neo-Chasidic jamband Zusha serenade you.
🎉 Mazel:
💪 Mazel Tov to Tech Tribe #ChaiSociety member Fitz on his beautiful new pair of Tefillin, purchased during our Summerlong #Connect10n initiative. We donned them on Google meet this week!
Perhaps not surprisingly, his company Rally also got a new round of VC gelt!
💁♀️ As well, mazels to Twitter CMO (and Tech Tribe friend) Leslie Berland on making The Adweek 50: Media, Marketing and Tech Leaders Who Delivered the Goods Despite Trying Times
📚 Read:
🏚️ Exclusive Social Media App ‘Clubhouse’ Had an Anti-Semitic Meltdown Over Yom Kippur. Tablet Mag’s Yair Rosenberg had a look.
Like what you saw? Want more? Please feel free to forward this email far and wide!
Support Tech Tribe’s mission to build community and curate epic experiences for young Jews in tech and digital media!