Last week I wrote a sermon about the dark future of the planet’s eco-balance and the overwhelming odds we are facing. The main thrust of the sermon was the importance of every individual and how Pirkei Avot teaches us that that opting out because you cannot see the end of the work is not an option: “You are not required to finish the job, but neither are you allowed not even to begin it (Avot 2,21).
The views expressed in this D’var Torah do not necessarily reflect the position of Leo Baeck College.