Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on November 4, 2011 by Heligman
Too often the shades of our life are drawn and God’s magnificent colors are missed. I am taking on this project as a means to stop and enjoy God’s brilliance. For the month of November, each day I will document the evening sunset from the Pardes Beit Midrash. I hope you will stop and notice with me. And I hope we can all share a moment of gratitude.
Today I am feeling gratitude for our desire to help others. This evening a small group of Pardes students and I began volunteering with Yaakov Mimon. Once a week we will spend two hours as role models, friends and climbing toys for the Etheopian kids at the Mevasseret Zion absorption center. I spent 6 months last year volunteering at Mevasseret Zion and every week I found it to be a space for my best self to come out. This evening there was little color as the setset, but sometimes the sky needs to take a step back to allow the fullness of the land to show itself. I think this is true of ourselves as well.
Sunset from Mivasseret Tzion – 11/3, 4:52pm
