Day 11: Netzach in Gevurah, Eternity/Endurance in Strength
Last night, my husband and I were listening to Spotify and the song "Playas Gon' Play" by 3LW came on. Halfway through the song, I was belting out the chorus like no time at all had passed since I'd last listened to it, when he asked me, "What year did this come out?" With only a few seconds of thought, I answered (correctly), "2001." Isn't it crazy how 2001 was only yesterday?
In all seriousness, people have a complicated relationship with time. It seems to bend or stretch or contract depending on our moods. Add to that the Jewish understanding that we all (past, present, and future Jews) went out of Egypt and we all were there at Sinai when God gave us the Torah, and eternity takes on new meaning. The malleability of time connects us to our foundational stories, to our history, to those who came before us, and to those who will come after us. While my time and your time on earth are finite, we collectively are infinite. Our ability to see ourselves in time and to place ourselves throughout time is one of the strengths of Jewish peoplehood.
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