{"id":21174,"date":"2022-01-28T12:11:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T17:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/?p=21174"},"modified":"2022-01-28T16:21:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T21:21:22","slug":"message-from-moreh-greg-123","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/news-views\/blog\/message-from-moreh-greg-123","title":{"rendered":"Message from Moreh Greg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, we read parshat Mishpatim (Laws) and learned the middah \u201cCreate Fair Rules.\u201d The parshah and its middah are most appropriate for a week in which we commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heschel and King were friends inspired by their religions to fight for \u201cfair rules.\u201d Both saw the biblical journey of the Israelites from slavery to freedom, and the prophetic tradition of Justice and Equity, as models for the Civil Rights movement. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Heschel marched alongside King in Selma, Alabama, he said that he felt as if his \u201clegs were praying.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, our Junior High Student Council Tikkun Olam Committee created wonderful programming throughout the school to teach us about the importance of standing up for fairness and justice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Shabbat, may we all find sources of inspiration in our tradition that inspire us to work toward a fairer, more just society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shabbat Shalom,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreh Greg<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we read parshat Mishpatim (Laws) and learned the middah \u201cCreate Fair Rules.\u201d The parshah and its middah are most appropriate for a week in which we commemorate the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":6202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9 - 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