In our parsha, Va'etchanan, Moses warns the Israelites to obey and follow Torah lest they be exiled from the land, dispersed throughout the world. He then proceeds to predict that his warnings will go unheeded and indeed, the Israelites will eventually find themselves in galut, or exile, dislocated and distanced from home.  But, says Moses, if you seek G-d from that place (Heb. mee'shom), you will find the Divine. 

Finding G-d where we are now, beginning the journey home from our current situation is not easy at all. Often we are like children who ask, 'are we there yet?', restless and uncomfortable with where we are, we can lose sight of this profound teaching from Moses our teacher.

"Mee'shom: From Where You Are": Rabbi David Ingber on Parshat Va'etchanan, 5782

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"Mee'shom: From Where You Are": Rabbi David Ingber on Parshat Va'etchanan, 5782

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