Unity in Dissonance
Tech Tribe Dispatch #21
👉Check out our new Chasidic Wisdom for Startups at the bottom of the email!
Think:
The Holiday of Shavuot begins after Shabbat tomorrow night. While it is a mitzvah to eat a festive meal on every holiday (outside of Yom Kippur, when we eat the meal before the holiday) on Shavuot it’s an obligation to eat one.
Seemingly, the holiday commemorating the Torah’s giving should be focused on spiritual matters - not the corporal pleasure of a physical meal.
The reason for this unique obligation is connected to the very nature of the Torah itself. The giving of the Torah empowered us to make G-dliness manifest in the very base physicality of the world. We are able to take physical leather and craft a Torah scroll, imbuing it with transcendent sanctity, give charity and elevate the money we earn through our daily toil, and eat a festive meal and make it a Divine experience.
On Shavuot, when the Torah is given, we must eat a meal, so that our physical flesh can take part in the joy and elevation of the day.
Read:
The Jewish evolution of an iconic mutant in How Magneto Became Jewish
Gimme all those Shavuot GIF’s in Mordechai’s own list Seven Amazing Things You Need to Do This Shavuot
Learning real lessons from the past in Auschwitz Is Not a Metaphor
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Chasidic Wisdom For Startups:
Ground every day in a moment of purpose.
We don’t live in the wilderness. Each and every one of us is a key player on the cosmic scene with the unique talents and abilities to create something truly impactful. Yes making the world a better place may be a Silicon Valley trope, but it’s also a universal Jewish truth. We will change the world, if not through canonical data models to communicate between endpoints but rather through imbuing everything we do with a G-dly purpose.
If so, take a moment each day to center yourself within the universe. Find a quiet moment to let the sound of silence, the small thin voice, encourage you to delve deeper in and ask the big questions needed to focus your purpose.