To remember, in Judaism, is about much more than simply recalling the past.
It’s about keeping the past alive, actively, and deliberately – now in the present, and for the future.
To remember, in Judaism, is to transcend the boundaries of time.
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Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik tells a beautiful story from his childhood about the power of living memory.
Rabbi Soloveitchik’s father was a renowned Torah scholar, and his home would constantly be filled with students sitting around the table discussing the sacred books.