Helen Keller once said, “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” This is one of the themes of this week’s and last week’s parasha, and of Purim that we celebrated last Friday. And in the wake of October 7, it has never been more relevant.
Helen Keller famously said, “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much”. The biblical term for coming together as a community or nation derives from the root k-h-l (קהל), which is the root of the name of this week’s parashah—Parashat Vayakhel (פרשת ויקהל). The truth of Keller’s observation about the power of community can be clearly demonstrated by Megillat Esther that we read on Purim, by Parashat Ki Tisa that we read last week, and by Parashat Vayakhel that we read this week.
