The word wandering and Jew conjures up the notion of 40 years lost in the desert. And while the real story is that the Jews were never lost, and they were constantly being guided by G-d; they did wander. It didn't seem that they were headed to a specific destination. There were in fact 42 travels enumerated by the Torah. So it could very well be understood that they were lost.

What is a journeying Jew? A Jew with a destination.

The motto for this journey may be; "I know where I'm going even if I don't exactly know how to get there."

Where we are going is where we are going ever since we became a People and even before that in fact, when G-d created the world. The destination is world peace, unity among G-d's creations, a world that is dedicated to the pursuit of Divine Wisdom, a world where people put down their swords, a world where G-dliness is integrated into our consciousness. In a word = Moshiach.

The difference between a wandering Jew and a Journeying Jew is that the wandering Jew is truly lost. When the wind blows this way or that, the wandering Jew loses their footing. The wandering Jew panics when anti-semites say nasty things. The wandering Jew gets nervous when the USA holds back weaponry. The wandering Jew sees the darkness around then and feels like we've reverted back to a dark age.

The Journeying Jew is pragmatic but also zooms the camera out. The journeying Jew sees the current picture as a step in the pathway to the destination. The journeying Jew feels the pain but not the panic. The journeying Jew asks 'what am I being asked to do next, what action can I take'?

Sometimes the journeying Jews perspective is openly vindicated. Case in point this article that tells us that the noise being made on campus is not indicative of a large portion of any population and the issues are not that important to most college students. It could seem like the world is falling apart if you read the media. It's not.

The journeying Jew doesn't need validation from Axios. The journeying Jew gets their anchoring from Hashem.

The journeying Jew looks at the Parsha, Kedoshim this week, that tells us how to treat people. It's unabashed, it's strong, it's kind.

Let's be strong, let's remember the destination, let's work together to get there.

Good Shabbos. Am Yisrael Chai!