Think:
This weekend, 5000 Chabad emissaries from over 100 countries are gathering in Crown Heights.
But what does it mean to be an emissary? Each and every one of us, by dint of our being alive, is an emissary of G-d on high. As the saying goes, being born is G-d saying that you matter.
In Jewish thought there is a dialectic about the nature of being an emissary, of being shaliach. If I send you on a mission, are merely the result of your action attributed to me? Or do you somehow embody me on a more profound level. Perhaps by working in tandem, a deeper connection is forged - where the emissary achieves a level of self abnegation where he or she becomes entirely consumed by the mission.
The deepest level is in fact not the loss of self, the breaking of identity for the greater good, but rather embracing that which makes us unique. When we tap into our unique powers and abilities, then we are able to do something truly profound. That which makes us different is that with which we can accomplish the most.
Each and every one of us is an emissary of on High. By using our unique talents, we can accomplish something that no one else can.
Do:
Mark you calendar for our Chanukah party on Monday, December 23nd.
Join us for First Friday Society this December 6th as we discuss Bitcoin and its status in Jewish Law.
Read
Chabad of Venice ais battling the destructive flooding that’s destroying Serenissima
Friend of Tech Tribe Alexandra Schwartz gives updates from the land of Homo brooklycanus - the Park Slope Co-Op
Why the Berlin Holocaust Memorial is objectively terrible.
The last slice of of old Manhattan: The Diamond District, including the always delicious Taam-Tov