Farewell
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Dancing With Creation
Sukkos is the time of our joy, and Simchas Torah offers a highly tangible expression of our ecstatic expression. Whether momentary or mundane, each year we return in joy to the beginning of…
- Blessing, Community, Curse, Davening, Deuteronomy, Farewell, Israelites, Land, Minyan, Mitzvah, Parsha, Re'eh, Sacrifice, Shabbat, Worship
Centering and Recentering
Sight. Protection. Care. Life. Legalism. Rules. Rabbis. Pharisees. Kashrut. Chagim. Atonement. Mishnah. Debate. Holiness. Blessings. Curses. Land. People. Nation. Identity. History. Modernity. Destruction. Worship. Sacrifice. Desire. Place. Mitzvot. Obedience. Foreigner. Money. Generosity. Poor.…
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A Parsha of Reminder
As the summer (in Israel) slipped away and the new school year began, so has the regularity of studying the parsha beforehand. This week, Eikev completely snuck up on me. I’m not even…
- Berakhot, Cincinnati, Deuteronomy, Eikev, Farewell, Israelites, Love, Mishnah, Moses, New York, Parsha, Pesach, PhD, Priests, Promises, Relationship, Shema, Talmud, Vahavta
Farewell Speeches
My first post on this blog comes not much more than a week before I move to Cincinnati to begin my Ph.D. It is an exciting time, certainly, yet as all fortuitous ventures…