as if we personally went out from Egypt. To do that honestly is to remember what it means to be the stranger and use that to guide our hearts and actions.
May we speak up when people are lumped together and stereotyped.
May we refuse to stand idly by when strangers are vilified or mistreated.
And may we remember and fulfill the mitzvah: you shall love the stranger, for you know the soul of the stranger, having been yourselves strangers in the land of Egypt.
Kein y’ hi ratzon. May it be so.
Rabbi Adrienne Rubin is the Rabbi at Congregation Bnai Shalom in Easton, PA. A trained opera singer, she previously served for four years as the Rabbi at Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael in Springfield, NJ, and for 24 years as the Cantorial Soloist at Temple Micah, in Lawrenceville, NJ. Rabbi Adrienne lives in Princeton, NJ, with her husband Doug, their son Elian, and their two cats, Nya and Ninja.
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