Chevre, this week’s parsha is Reeh (ראה). This past week, for me, has been a roller coaster. It started with our neice’s wedding in New Jersey, a family member drafted into the IDF (and another will next week), my flying home, our neighbor’s son falling in Lebanan and now I’m preparing for Shabbat as my wife flies home.

The parsha ends with the 3 pilgrimage festivals and states that we should come to Jerusalem with our offerings. We are commanded to come to a specific location and perform specific actions. In the cloud, however, we never physically come to the location. While travelling, I use the cloud a lot and enjoy the fact that things “just work”. And not having to go to a location is a benefit. In our religious life, we go to shul and need to meet up in a minyan (quorum of 10) and to be present to offer comfort to mourners.

May HaShem protect Am Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael and all of our soldiers.

Shabbat Shalom.