An Affirmation of Humanity

Miriam Elkes, a survivor of the Holocaust, often told her son that throughout her ordeal, she always carried two things on her person.  One was a piece of bread, the other was a piece of comb.  She kept the bread in case someone needed it more than her.  Each night she would comb her hair to affirm that she was still a human being.

What do you and I have within us or on us that can help others in their time of need?  What do we do on a daily basis to affirm our humanity?  No matter how challenged we are, there is always something we can give to another in the world.  The greater our challenge, the more essential it is to do something each day that affirms our humanity.

Challah Bread