Hope
- 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…
- 5784, Bereshit, Genesis, Haftorah, Hope, Isaiah, Israel, Lekh Lekha, Palestine, Parsha, Strength, War
Can We Rest From Weariness?
The last three weeks feel interminable, moving like a dense fog and whirling us around all at once. News of deaths, illness, injuries, human suffering and crises, hostages held during this entire span…
- 5782, Community, Confusion, Despair, Hope, Korach, Midbar, Parsha, Protest, Punishment, Rebellion, Responsibility, Uprising
On the Heels of Desparation
Since I didn’t write this last week, I’ve had several days to process more thoughts about Parashat Korach, including reactions to dvarim from others. With that in mind, this week, as so many…
- 5782, Canaan, Community, Disappointment, Fear, Grapes, Hope, Journey, Midbar, Negev, Parsha, Power, Questions, Scouts, Sh'lakh, Wilderness
Scouting for the Best Response
Half a year later… The past six months have been filled with new friends, Shabbos dinners, concerts, explorations around NYC, a trip west (Arizona & California), a fabulous birthday party, dissertation work, a…
- Chanukah, Descendants, Dreams, Dreidel, Egypt, Goshen, Hanukkiah, History, Hope, Joseph, Light, Maccabees, Menorah, Miracles, Parsha, Rulers, Strength, Temple, Vayeishev, Victory
Yes, That Coat Would Be Amazing in Technicolor at the Chanukah Party!
We must have learned all we need to about Jacob (save for his participation in the Joseph novella), because Parsha Va-yeishev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) is concerned with introducing us to Rachel’s first son, Joseph.…
- Abraham Joshua Heschel, Death, Deuteronomy, Haazinu, Haftorah, Harvest, Hope, Journey, Land, Moses, Parsha, Poem, Praise, Prayer, Provision, Remember, Rock, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Wilderness of Zin
Poems and Praise
It’s the middle of the week – and I want to talk about the parsha we’re still studying! Parashat Ha’azinu (Deuteronomy 32) is the next to last in the cycle – then comes…
