THIS MORNING WE LISTENED TO
RABBI CHARLIE CYTRON-WALKER
FROM COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS EXPLAIN
WHAT HAPPENED: HOW A STRANGER
CAME INTO THE SYNAGOGUE
AND RABBI CHARLIE
MADE HIM A CUP OF TEA AND LISTENED
TO THE STORY THE STRANGER TOLD
INCOHERENT BUT THAT IN ITSELF
WAS NOT UNUSUAL AND AFTER A WHILE
HE TURNED HIS BACK TO FACE JERUSALEM
TO PRAY AND HE HEARD A LOUD CLICK
A TERRIFYING CLICK IT WAS A GUN
AND RABBI CHARLIE SAID HE’D LEARNED
IN SCHOOL TO BE CALM NO MATTER WHAT
TO DO WHAT HE HAD TO DO AND THAT’S
WHAT HAPPENED ALTHOUGH IT WAS TERRIFYING
BUT BEIT HAMIDRASH
THE WORDS FOR SYNAGOGUE MEANS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
AND OF COURSE THEY’LL ALL ASSEMBLE
AT THE SYNAGOGUE IN COLLEYVILLE AGAIN.
May It Be So