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Tears May Stay for the Night; Joy Comes in The Morning

Parashat Vayigash Temple Shir Tikva December 21, 2012 ~ 9 Tevet 5773 A little girl arrived home late one day. “Where have you been?” Her mother asked. “I saw my friend on my way home. Her doll was broken,” she replied. “Did you help her fix it?” her mother asked. “No,” she replied, “I don’t know how to fix it. I stopped to help her cry.”* This little girl teaches us so much.  It turns out there is much that is broken in our world that we do not know how to fix.  But what we do know is how to cry. It’s not an easy experience, crying.  It can be embarrassing.  Loud. Snotty.    Our faces redden as it rises from our chest into our throat - and out of our mouth cries of sadness, cries of joy, cries of frustration escape into the wind.  Sometimes we hope no one has seen  the tears falling from the corners of our eyes.  Sometimes we hope everyone has seen the tears falling from the corners of our eyes.  But its not an easy experience, crying. It’s easier to be angry, to s