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  • Now is not the time to bow down

    Rabbi Jonathan Morgenstern|Jan 2, 2026

    (JNS) — In the mid-1800s, a rabbi was in the midst of making Kiddush on a bitterly cold winter Friday night in Poland, and stopped. Suddenly, he could not continue. His disciples around the table exchanged looks of concern. What was happening to their rabbi? What could make him so upset that he forgot the familiar words of Kiddush and could not go on? The rabbi then blurted out, “Is there no fairness in this world? Is there no judge?!” He threw down his Kiddush cup—wine spilling everywhere—and stormed up to the attic in his home, remaining...