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The faith of Israel doesn\u2019t promise that bad times won\u2019t come. It doesn\u2019t even promise us to be exempt from the fear, suffering, and sorrow such catastrophes bring in their wake. It just assures us that we will gain access to inner strength, deeper resilience, and the capacity to offer strength and succor to each other to get through our struggles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some can\u2019t internalize that complexity. They confuse religion with magic, expecting a sufficiently fervent faith to guarantee only smooth sailing ahead. If only we check our mezuzahs and wrap our tefillin tightly enough, then no bad things can possibly hurt us. Jewish history is filled with purveyors of such naive and dangerous sentiments, and we lost not one but two Temples despite the false assurances of those who clung to this profound distortion of religion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah weighs in with an image of astounding beauty and relevance. It is not, he says, that the challenges and assaults won\u2019t come. But when they do (and they inevitably will) Torah will ground you and make it possible to find meaning and purpose even as the world hurls its worst.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blessed is one who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord alone. Such a one shall be like a tree planted by waters, sending forth its roots by a stream: it does not sense the coming of heat, its leaves are ever fresh; it has no care in a year of drought, it does not cease to yield fruit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Notice that Jeremiah recognizes that the days of blazing heat will come. There will be droughts. Religion doesn\u2019t avoid those difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\n

But religion, rightly understood, changes our attitude, thereby throwing a lifeline. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t sense\u201d the heat that swelters, \u201cit has no care\u201d for the desiccating drought. Its rootedness in meaning, wisdom, and holiness allow it to retain its focus, to act with purpose even in such trying times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And so too must we. 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