At the Confluence of Darkness & Light, Waters Above & Below, Earth & Earthling, Good & Evil

In a beginning … בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים … B’reishit Bara Elohim … “B’reishit bara Elohim … When God began to create …” This Shabbat, around the world, Jews in synagogues, in homes, online, in bomb shelters, barracks and tents, will read from the opening chapters of Torah. We will also sit with the grief and existential angst that shattered our…