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common currency but are actively abetted from the highest echelons of power.
Strongmen proliferate throughout the globe. Right here in our own backyard, we
spurn the neediest among us just as we prepare to enter the Days of Awe and while
building our own sukkot, our own shelters, for ourselves and our friends. Where are
the clouds of glory? Where is the rodef shalom? Who will be the Aaron of our
generation and, most importantly, will we listen to them?

This Sukkot will be different for many reasons. In the tradition of our forefather
Aaron, may we rekindle the flame of spiritual and moral grandeur, replenish our
wellspring of empathy, and seek to find love for our fellows, our neighbors, in our
own hearts. If we do this, perhaps we too, in this moment of wandering, will merit
the Divine protection and guidance we seek.

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