Community I’m a rabbi in Atlanta. Here’s my post-Senate race blessing When you finish a book of Torah, as we did this past Shabbat, we utter the phrase “Hazak, Hazak, V’nithazek. From strength to strength, may we be strengthened.” On the eve of the election, this feels like the perfect blessing for this moment. This is a time where we must find resilience. In a time… By Rabbi Joshua Lesser Jan 04, 2021 | 4 min read
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