Open Letter

1.     𝙰𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜  𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎. 2.     𝙲𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚜, 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍. 3.     𝙼𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎   𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚘...

The arrival of your newsletter and Mass just now has occasioned many thoughts. If you have time, please grant me your grace once more.  Perhaps on account of the horrendous events going on in the world, my dreams have been compensatorily positive. I dreamed a few days ago of my "Chasidic Ideal", in this case a mature Hasidic widower, whom I was betrothed to marry. He was pious, and I wanted very much to please him and be acceptable to him. But he was a mensch, kind and generous and forbearing to be cruel or judgmental. My ideal of the Moshiach is the combination of authentic piety with the radical love exhibited by Yeshua. This ideal seems impossible to find, except in dreams. As I said, I believe this dream could have two possible meanings: one, to remind me of the good of Judaism when all I can think about these days is the scourge of Jewish nationalism, which is not the same thing at all, and even opposite. Secondly, it could be calling me to rekindle my love...