A Blessing for Compassion

A Blessing for Compassion

Love in its special dimension of compassion constitutes one of the foundations of any civilized society. It is compassion that makes me sensitive to suffering, whatever form it may take. It is compassion that enlarges my heart and enables me to be sensitive to a need...

Choosing to Bless

“If I am not for myself who is for me? And being for my own self, what am ‘I’? And if not now, when?”Attributed to Rabbi Hillel It seems to me that what the world needs now is our blessing – and not just the parts that we find easy to bless. From the...