Feeling the pain of others as our own by Rabbi Michael Berg The first time I read this, I was moved by it. I have, Baruch Hashem, never had a problem with empathizing with others. Sometimes too much. We can never really know what someone else is truly thinking but we can try to feel what they feel - even if it is different from our own feelings on a given situation. In fact, we must if we are committed to strive toward Godliness. I am reposting it despite the fact that we aren't up to this Parsha yet. And adding the American Indian adage of "Don't judge another until you have walked a mile in his mocassins." - Barbara ~~~~~~~~~ In this portion, we read about the destruction brought about by the great flood. The Torah tells us that the flood was caused by the tremendous negative actions of that generation. The only person worthy in that generation, who merited being saved by the Creator, was Noach. In the book of the prophet Yeshayah, the flood is called “the water...