Flood
- 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, 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, Bereshit, Captives, Collective, Evaporation, Flood, Freedom, Genesis, Israel, Noach, Noah, Palestine, Parsha, Peace, Prayer, Shalom, Wholeness
Waiting for Evaporation
There are times that feel like a deluge – of information, emotions, tasks, and other things over which we cannot control. I found some encouragement in this current flood of pain, loss, confusion,…
- 5783, 5784, Bereshit, Brooklyn, Creativity, Deuteronomy, Devarim, Flood, Genesis, High Holidays, Moses, Parsha, Pharaoh, Rain, Repentance, Rosh Hoshannah, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Torah, Yom Kippur
Brooklyn’s River of Joy, Sorrow, & Everything in Between
This season of the year’s turning, I’ve reflected a lot on the changes during 5783 and how to step forward into 5784. Through the contemplative space provided by Malkhut during Rosh Hashanah and…
- 5783, Creativity, Flood, Growth, Noach, Parsha, Rain, Rainbow, Reflection, Relationship, Rest, Shabbat, Trust, Water
Re-creation
Water is creative…and water is destructive…and water is mundane…and water is ferocious…and sometimes scarce…this list could go on forever. Last week (yes, I’m a week behind in parshiyot but pushing myself to write…
- 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…
- 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’…
- Altar, Ark, Curse, Descendants, Destruction, Flood, Generations, Haftorah, Lawlessness, Noach, Parsha, Rain, Righteous, Sages, Strange, Yiddish
The Rains Came Down and the Floods Came Up
Some stories are so familiar that we can recite them with our eyes closed. Last week (Bereshit) was like that. So is this week. And this trend will likely continue as we read…
