Rabbi's Corner

Message from the Rabbi

Don’t Jump Off a Bridge
You shall neither side with the mighty (Others says “multitude.”) to do wrong—you shall not give perverse testimony in a dispute so as to pervert it in favor of the mighty (Exodus 23:2)
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Deciding when to break from the herd and when to follow the herd is growing ever more difficult as the information we get from so many different sources leaves us wondering what is the best path for us individually.  It is hard to know who’s approach will be most successful.  Even if we know what we want to accomplish, it is often difficult to know what the right path is to get there.  Certainly, following the majority isn’t always the best route. Maintaining perspective is difficult especially when so many others have lost theirs. As my mother often said to me when responding to my statement, “but everyone was doing it,” she would say, “just because everyone is jumping off a bridge doesn’t mean you should.”