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    Q&A With Rabbi Ahron Moss From Sydney, Australia

    QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

    This coronavirus thing has really thrown me. I feel like I’ve lost all sense of certainty. No one knows what will happen next. How do we stay sane when we don’t know what’s lurking around the corner?

    ANSWER:

    It is not that we have lost our

    sense of certainty. We have lost

    our illusion of certainty. We never

    had it to begin with. This could be

    majorly unsettling, or amazingly

    liberating.

    This tiny virus of 125 nanometres*

    has sent the entire world

    into chaos. All of our plans are

    up in the air, markets are going

    crazy, entire countries shutting

    down, and we have no clue what

    the future holds.

    But that is always the case. We

    never know what the future holds.

    We only think we do, and keep

    getting surprised when things

    don’t pan out the way we expected.

    Now the mask is off. We have

    to admit our vulnerability.

    What will happen next? We don’t

    know. Our experts don’t know.

    Our leaders don’t know. Only

    G-d knows. And that is the point.

    Only G-d knows.

    Close your eyes and feel the uncertainty,

    make peace with it, let

    yourself be taken by it. Embrace

    your cluelessness. Because in all

    the confusion there is one thing

    you know for sure. You are in Gd’s

    hands.

    Keep calm. Panic and fear are

    also contagious. Take every precaution

    as advised by health authorities.

    Wash your hands well.

    And every time you do, remember

    whose hands you are in.

    Good Shabbos,

    Rabbi Moss

    *A nanometre is one billionth of a metre.