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b'With the events in Newtown, Conn. in hearts and minds I wanted to look to Torah.\\xa0 There in the portions that surround parashat Miketz, the Torah portion of Hanukkah, we find two emotional moments echoing the events in Newtown.\\xa0 In Genesis 45 we read the episode when Jacob is told that Joseph is still alive.\\xa0 Think of the families who had this moment yesterday in the middle of this tragedy.\\xa0 Consider what it meant to hear their son or daughter was, "...yet alive."\\xa0 Then turn to Genesis 37:29-35 and we find the moment where Jacob is told the lie by the sons that Joseph was dead.\\xa0 In the middle of the biblical story, are Jacob\'s daughters.\\xa0 I believe as a nation we are Jacob\'s daughters today, we are those who witness the grief of devastated parents who mourn the loss of their children.\\n\\nGenesis 45 - JPS Old\\n\\nGenesis 37 - JPS Old'