Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch: Pay Attention

“Our tendency — like the frog in the pot — is not to notice changes until events reach a boiling point,” says Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch. One overlooked verse in this week’s parashah, he says, implores us to “pay attention to the small things before they become big things."

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Rabbi Hirsch looks to the week’s parsha and urges his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue to pay attention to the small things before they become big.

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