Days of Awe
- 5784, 5785, Challenge, Chevrutah, Days of Awe, Flood, Gratitude, High Holidays, Suffering, Talmud, Yamim Noraim
The World is Full of Awe
“Days of Awe” – Awe comes in many forms, many feelings. The name of the upcoming season brings a sense of wonder, a reminder of fragility, a hope for the seasons that may…
- 5784, 5785, Bilhah, Days of Awe, Dissertation, Hagar, High Holidays, Hope, Ishmael, Keturah, Music, Parsha, Psalms, Reflection, Secondary Wives, Shofar, Yamim Noraim, Zilpah
Changing, Changing, Changing…Before the New Year
Life has changed for me in noticeable and yet-to-be-named ways in 5784. As my disappearance from this blog may be proof, I went into several months of reading, research, and writing for my…
- 5778, Days of Awe, Gemara, Haazinu, High Holidays, Interpretation, Listening, Liturgy, Midrash, Moses, New Year, Praise, Prayer, Rosh Hoshannah, Textual Criticism, Yamim Noraim, Yom Kippur
5778 Ways to Listen This Year
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Clearly I need to make some resolutions, like getting through the whole year on here…oh well, maybe after I finish coursework (this year!) you’ll see some improvements. But really –…
- Aramean, Blessing, Circumcision, Community, Covenant, Curse, Days of Awe, Deuteronomy, Egypt, Exodus, Heart, High Holidays, Israel, Israelites, Nitzavim, Pesach, Rosh Hoshannah, Yom T'ruah
L’Chaim in 5777!
“So keep the words of this covenant to do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.” Tonight’s Shabbat is the last of 5776. Sunday night we begin celebrating the a…
- Days of Awe, Deuteronomy, Haftorah, High Holidays, Israelites, Joshua, Journey, Land, Mercy, Moses, Parsha, Repentance, Rosh Hoshannah, Second Temple Period, Shabbat, Strength, Transgression, Vayelekh, Yom Kippur
Turning With Awe
This week is Shabbat Shuva – the Sabbath of Turning, or Repentance. It comes between the civil new year, Rosh Hoshannah, and the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. This is a special Shabbat…
- Blessing, Covenant, Curse, Days of Awe, Deuteronomy, Egypt, High Holidays, Instructions, Israelites, Land, Moses, Nitzavim, Parsha, Pesach, Promises, Purpose, Reflection, Remember, September 11, Yom Kippur
A Day to Remember * A Day to Reflect
“You stand this day, all of you, before the L!rd your G!d…” The first words of Parashat Nitzavim remind us of the imminent Days of Awe, pointing our minds and hearts toward reflection.…
- Altar, Aramean, Covenant, Days of Awe, Deuteronomy, Haftorah, High Holidays, Instructions, Israelites, Ki Tavo, Land, Light, Offering, Parsha, Pesach, Promises, Repentance, Rosh Hoshannah, Slichot, Torah
A Light in the Land
This week’s portion, Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8), continues to be about the goodness of a land the Israelites are about to enter as G!d promised. The haftorah, Isaiah 60, connects to the promises…
