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Talmud Class: Does Hope Require a New Lens or a New Action Plan?

Published: June 1, 2024, 4:18 p.m.

We could all use a booster shot of hope. Where do we find it?\n\nTomorrow we are going to examine two very different models for finding hope in dark circumstances: Rabbi Akiva in the Talmud, Makot 24 A and B, and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in his epic Morality, published shortly before he passed away in 2020.\n\nRabbi Akiva\u2019s approach to hope seems to be about a new lens: Look at reality differently.\n\nRabbi Sacks\u2019s approach to hope seems to be about a new action plan: Act differently.\n\nWhat is the relationship of these two approaches to each other, and to us now?