REMEMBERING OCTOBER 7TH: LOOKING BACKWARD…AND FORWARDMarch 13, 2024 by Aviva Lauer

Judaism is a religion of looking both forward and backward. Three times daily, at the end of the Aleinu prayer, we quote the prophet Zechariah who forecasts the day, at some point in the (hopefully near) future, “when God will be sovereign over all the earth, when there shall be one God with one name.” That is us looking forward. At the same time, after the Shacharit service, we are reminded to pay heed to the “six remembrances” — six Torah texts that speak of events or concepts we are required to always remember. That is us looking backward. Every day. Read full post on Jewishchallenge.org