That is not how it is with us. As fire consumes houses, businesses and nature, so, too, worry, concern and fear consume us. The typical “thoughts and prayers,” which we usually reserve for humanly manufactured evil, like school shootings or terror, do not work here. We experience the temporary muteness of Aaron, who witnessed his own sons consumed in fire, and who was silent: Vayidom Aharon — a silence that was a silence in the face of death.
What is giving me meaning at this time? What can I possibly offer?
It is, once again, a biblical moment.
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