This Little Light of Mine
In an age that struggles with the paradox of pockets of fabulous abundance and global poverty and devastation, of power enough to alter the climate but a seeming inability to prevent the recurrence of slavery, in democracies that can’t inspire constituents to bother voting and totalitarians that won’t permit their people’s will to surface, today's Torah portion offers some insight. Instructing the Israelites on the laws of priestly conduct and the calendar cycle, God then speaks to Moses, saying "Command the Israelite people to bring you clear oil of beaten olives for lighting, for ki