Confusion
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Unraveling
Three days in, and I don’t have any words to offer that can give voice to the scale of death and destruction happening in Israel/Palestine. This makes sense – the actions defy reason,…
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Hope & Fear
What a year, now bringing us to Devarim and so near to the beginning again of our parshiyot, the Torah renewed each year so we can turn over all the facets of teachings,…
- 5782, Community, Confusion, Despair, Hope, Korach, Midbar, Parsha, Protest, Punishment, Rebellion, Responsibility, Uprising
On the Heels of Desparation
Since I didn’t write this last week, I’ve had several days to process more thoughts about Parashat Korach, including reactions to dvarim from others. With that in mind, this week, as so many…
- 5780, Ark, Babel, Bereshit, Confusion, Covenant, Destruction, Dissertation Diary, Flood, Genesis, Loss, Noach, Parsha, Promises, Rainbow, Rashi, Ruin, Sforno
Promises, Promises…
So the first “promise” of the Torah depends on the weather – really? In the realm of G!d’s power to respond to the world, rain was the retribution of choice. Without delving into…
- 5779, Babel, Comprehensive Exams, Confusion, Hebrew School, Komps Kaos, Languages, Noach, Parsha, Torah
Drowning
I don’t have much for you this week, either, I’m afraid – so instead I’ll offer you a report of our Hebrew school lesson last week. Since the students talked about Noah Sunday…
- Abraham, Allegiance, Bereshit, Comfort Zone, Confusion, Country, Division, Election, Fear, Isaiah, Lekh Lekha, Nation, Obedience, Parsha, Reward, Sarah, Shield, Truth, Ur
Stepping Out
Comfort zones are nice – especially those we didn’t know we occupied until they are violently yanked away from us. This week I, along with millions or even billions of other people across…
- Babel, Bereshit, Confusion, Covenant, Current Events, Election, Flood, Genealogy, Generations, Noach, Parsha, Questions, Rain, Rainbow, Septuagint, Stories, Voting
Floods, Confusion, & Elections
Welcome to the tensest weekend of 2016 – thanks to the upcoming election (in which over 31 million people have early voted). I think the parsha for the U.S. diaspora must be feelin’…