Vika Krieger

And it's just like, oh, like you're confused.

That means you're right.

Like certainty is actually the wrong place to be.

And like, listen, I'm exaggerating a little bit.

There is Jewish wisdom out there on a lot of questions.

And I do have access to a lot of that wisdom because of the like decades I spent studying all these ancient texts.

And so I do try to sprinkle in things from the texts.

But I will say like there is a lot of Jewish wisdom about not knowing and mystery and surrendering control.

I was reading your sermons.

I was struck by a couple things.

I'm so excited to hear what you have to say because, like, generally I'm, like, preaching to the converted.

I'm not the converted.

Yeah, and so I'm so curious, like, because I don't write them in my, like, people who are, like, wouldn't be kind of, like, a captive audience.

And so I'm so curious what comes out.

I mean, that is like when people ask me, what is the role of being a rabbi?

I'm not just saying this because you said it.

Like the number one answer I say is meaning making.

Like it is helping people make meaning.

It's like helping them as they're like navigating their lives with a certain level of unconsciousness.

It's like helping them pause and be like, how do I make something that feels mundane feel meaningful?