蜜芽传媒

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rabbi Charley Baginsky

Good Morning!

We鈥檝e had some hot days this summer. The sort of heat where the air feels thick and everything takes twice as long. Where tempers fray, sleep vanishes, and even my dog refuses to go for a walk.

I was at a bus stop recently. Two women were fanning themselves with folded delivery menus. One turned to the other and said, 鈥淭his is what I imagine purgatory feels like, nothing dramatic, just slightly unbearable.鈥�

It made me laugh, but it also made me think.

There are stretches of life like that. Not extreme crisis. Just a slow wearing down. A feeling of being stuck, short on energy, short on patience, waiting for some shift - in the weather, in circumstances, in ourselves.

In Jewish tradition, we speak of "ruach", a word that means breath, or wind, or spirit. It carries the idea that something invisible can shift everything. A breath of air in a still room. A kind word that eases loneliness. A change in tone, in mood, in outlook. The smallest shift, and suddenly it feels possible to begin again.

Whatever the forecast, I鈥檓 looking out for a breeze - or at least, for small moments of relief: a shaded bench, an unexpected kindness, a conversation that lifts the air a little.

May we find: A breath of fresh air when things feel stuck, Some shade when the world feels too much, And the chance to be that bit of relief for someone else. Just enough to help us get through the heat, and carry us, one breath at a time, into whatever comes next.

Amen

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