Following last week's incredible high with the giving of the Torah at Sinai, this week seems way too plain. Gone are the lightning and thunder, the miracles and marvels of heaven touching earth.
Now they are replaced by the utterly mundane, the everyday struggles and scenarios. We just went from "the big ten" emblazoned on sapphire tablets, to the civil legalities of property damage, financial disputes, court adjudications and a plethora of other exceedingly ordinary laws and topics.
We just went from #epicrevelation to #adayinthelife.
The key to unlock this mystery is a single letter. The Hebrew letter ו - vov means "and". This is the opening line of this week's Torah reading "and these are the laws".
Let us not think that being Jewish is all about a transcendental revelation, a unique moment in time, or a specific location. Moments like that are awesome and 
serve to inspire and invigorate. But regular life; our daily interactions, behaviors, and experiences, are just as much an expression of who we are.
The Holy Temple, the Shul (synagogue), Sinai, Yom Kippur, are all integral components of our tradition and are definitely highlights. But the litmus test of whether we are properly calibrated is when we step out into the street, into our family, community, and workplace. In the ultra-ordinary, not-even-Instagram-worthy aspects of our lives, we can choose to express the divine there.
Conducting ourselves based on the principles set out in the Torah with honesty, integrity, respect, and compassion, we turn our entire world into a veritable Sinai.
Wishing you a Shabbat Shalom!
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