April 06, 2010
The Act of Remembering and its Power
“Guess what, Neil?”
“What, Dad?”
“You’re a Kohen?”
“A what, Dad?”
“A Kohen, Neil.”
“Oh, I’m a Kohen…what does that mean, Dad?”
“It means that you, just like me and your grandfather and his father before him and his father before him and…well, you know what I mean, are a descendant of Aaron, the High Priest, Moses’ brother. Our ancestors used to be the spiritual leaders of the Israelites back in the desert as the people moved toward the Land of Israel and then in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.”
Truth be told, I don’t ever recall my father sitting down and having a conversation with me like the one I have just described. But we may have had it…