Psalms
- 5785, Abraham, Affliction, Conflict, Flood, Hagar, High Holidays, Ishmael, Israel, Matriarchs, Memory, Middle East, Mourning, Psalms, Sarah, Secondary Wives, War
Seeking to be Seen
I have never been happier to study the “secondary wives,” an often-forgotten group of people, and when remembered, almost always misunderstood. Who can be blamed – there is a dearth of information, missing…
- 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…
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Just How Does One Study G!d?!
In the religions that believe in the G!d of scripture today, all too often there is a lack of true study, discussion, learning – or sometimes, even more sad, mention of G!d. But…
- Adar, Exile, Exodus, Instructions, Josephus, Kings, Obedience, Parsha, Pekudei, Praise, Prayer, Psalms, Purim, Repetition, Tabernacle
Repeat After Me…
Truth be told, I’ve always kind of been intrigued by the repetition of instructions as the means of communicating completion. Instead of saying, “Yo, they did what G!d told them,” the reader is…
