Listener, learner, thinker - leading to better actions.

Tonight I said a blessing

Oct 11, 2024, 10:35 PM

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse,
Report this post.

near your mother, who asked,
“The Mets won?”
Worthy of a blessing for sure.
“…who gives us life, who stands us up, who brings us to this time…”
was for your and my conversation
about car maintenance.
“I just talked to our son about what he noticed needed repair on your car,”
(the one he drives daily),
“It makes a noise by the axle when I turn left in the rain.”
“The right side window doesn’t work.”
“The maintenance light sometimes goes on.”
I jotted all the automotive symptoms down on my phone
so I could dutifully report them when I bring the car in.
The normal things, done for the first time, together,
little sparks of holiness,
raised up with a blessing.
Thank you my son.

(9 October 2024)

About the Author

Jonathan Freirich was ordained at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1999. He holds dual affiliation with both Reconstructing Judaism and the Reform Movement. He earned an Executive Master of Public Administration from Syracuse University in 2023. His work blends rigorous scholarship, pastoral wisdom, and a lifelong commitment to justice and healing with a compassionate understanding that we all need to be seen for who we are.