We Cannot Avert Our Eyes

Parashat Tzaria and the Solar Eclipse

Photo by Adam Smith on Unsplash

This past Monday, I stood in the Trader Joe’s parking lot with a group of strangers, sharing eclipse glasses and looking up at the sky. Together, we stood profoundly in awe, marveling at nature and the miracle passing by right above us.

Professor Google taught me that a solar eclipse is when the moon’s path completely intersects with the path of the sun…