01/08/2026
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik taught that the story of the burning bush in this week’s Torah portion, Shemot, isn’t only about Moses. It’s a revelation about what it means to be human.
To be human, he argued, is to be sent — shlichut. Not with a full map. Not with certainty. But placed in a specific moment, with specific gifts, because there is something only you can do.
Most of us never get a burning bush. The real question isn’t whether you have a mission. It’s whether you live your life as if you do.
I wrote more about shlichut, Exodus, MLK and what it means to act without certainty — and not alone — in my Substack, Committed. Link in bio.