"G-d's angel appeared to Moses in a blaze of fire from amid a thorny-bush," we read in Shemos. "He saw and behold! The bush was burning in the fire but was not consumed. Moses said to himself ...

This essay is adapted from a sermon the author delivered at her Los Angeles synagogue, Nashuva. We are all so heartbroken over the devastating Los Angeles fires. Many of my congregants have lost ...