This comes from Rabbi Shai Held in a guest essay in the New York Times:
The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as one of your citizens. You shall love him as yourself for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
I thought this had meaning given the holiday.
The new school year is upon us, it will be weird. As always, I’ll try to give students compassion and safety. But, I should have learned much from the last year and a half and now I can apply it. I don’t want to get back to “normal.” I don’t want to go back at all.
@TonyReali@jasonwhitlock I’ve been through a similar experience. I did not share with others and I would not now. But, who am I to tell people how to grieve? The public sharing can spread healing. I stand in support of the Teigen-Legend family (and you).
If you are fond of saying “We got!this!” or “Let’s do this!” or “You got this!” Please turn away from me, for now. How about “Are you doing okay?” or “How can I help you?” or “Let’s do this together.” Just sayin’.
Is it just me, or do all of these first day of school pics of students and staff have a sad aspect? The inequity on both the student and staff side seem to be screaming at us.