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Shabbat Sermon: Where Are You Going? With Rabbi Michelle Robinson

Published: March 14, 2020, 4 p.m.

A story is told about Rebbe Zusha of Anipoli, a beloved Chasidic rabbi who lived in Northern Poland in the 1700s, a place that was not particularly friendly to its Jewish residents. One night, Reb Zusha left his house and began to walk. Two big, burly, policeman stopped him and asked: \u201cWhere are you going?\u201d Zusha took a breath and replied, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d

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\u201cThat\u2019s ridiculous. You must know where you\u2019re going,\u201d one policeman growled. \u201cTell us now or there will be severe consequences.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Zusha again replied.

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\u201cThat\u2019s it!\u201d the second policeman shouted, lunging forward to grab him by the shoulders. The two officers marched him roughly to the prison and threw him behind bars. \u201cNow,\u201d they roared, \u201canswer the question \u2013 WHERE ARE YOU GOING?\u201d

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\u201cI told you,\u201d Reb Zusha replied, \u201cthat I didn\u2019t know \u2013 and clearly I was right. I thought I was going to shul, but instead here I am in jail.\u201d

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