1. Begin by thinking of three of your closest friends at Yale & How you met them. Share with your partner at least 1 thing that you admire or enjoy about these people.
2. What do you think these friends would say about you?
3. Read the below text with your partner
(יד) הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר, אִם אֵין אֲנִי לִי, מִי לִי. וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי לְעַצְמִי, מָה אֲנִי. וְאִם לֹא עַכְשָׁיו, אֵימָתָי:
(14) He [Rabbi Hillel] used to say:
If I am not for me, who will be for me? And when I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, then when?
4. What stands out to you about this text? What might it be saying about community?
5. How is this text formatted? What might that indicate?
“Long before community assumes external shape and form, it must exist within you. Only as we are in communion within ourselves can we be in community with others,” Parker Palmer in Let Your Life Speak