Friends
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I’ll Stop the World & Melt With You…
A gut, gebentsht, zis, umbagrayflekh yor!! In the next few days, I hope to get into a few topics more deeply (like Hagar, sharing about my Yom Kippur learning session that will incorporate…
- Brothers, Chanukah, Chanumas, Dancing, Dreidel, Drought, Egypt, Family, Friends, Identity, Kislev, Komps Kaos, Miketz, Parsha, Synagogues
Dreidels, Drinks, & Dancing!
A freylekhn und a lichtige khanike!! This week’s been a little (increasingly) brighter every night, thanks to the chanukiahs, hugs, smiles, laughter, stories, and love of the Festival of Lights. How are you…
- Academia, Archaeology, Bible, Creativity, Dreams, Family, Friends, Haifa, Homeland, HUC, Israel, Jerusalem, Midrash, Mishnah, PhD, Talmud, Tel Aviv, Tel Dan, Tel Gezer, Travel
Back to the Land
A short update from a long year (hence the void of posts – sometime I will get through a full Torah cycle): In a week, I will have completed my Ph.D. coursework. How…
- Birthday, Boundaries, Commandments, Egypt, Family, Friends, Mishpatim, Mitzvah, Museums, Parsha, Questions, Rules, Textual Criticism
The Boundaries of Growth
My birthday week was superb! Dinner with friends, airplanes, art, tons of museums, presidential history, Oscars, my dad and a friend visiting, Shabbos dinner at my house, and plenty of good conversation –…