Interpretation
- 5784, Adrienne Cooper, Bereshit, Collaboration, Collective, Creativity, Dreaming in Yiddish, Dreams, Genesis, Interpretation, Joseph, Kohenet, Miketz, Parsha, Pharaoh, Yiddish, Yiddish New York
Dreamland
In the midst of a busy month, Bereshit ran ahead and I’m only now chasing down the parshiyot about which I have not yet written. Last week I was at a stellar week-long…
- 5781, Ark, Bible, Canon, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Creativity, Dissertation Diary, Genesis, Interpretation, Kabbalah, Midrash, Noach, Parsha, The Met, Yiddish
Drowning in Interpretation
We’re only on the second week of 5781’s Torah reading cycle, reading no more than six chapters a week. This is a reminder that the Bible, whatever form this takes for you (39…
- Commandments, Community, Exodus, Interpretation, Israelites, Judges, Komps Kaos, Law, Mishpatim, Mitzvah, Moses, Narrative, New York, Parsha, Rules, Shemot, Sinai, Torah
Judging Rules
Parashat Mishpatim begins with, “And these are the judgments which you will set before them.” Sometimes the word for judgments, the title of this parsha, mishpatim, gets translated as rules…which isn’t quite right.…
- Bereshit, Brothers, Chanukah, Dreams, Egypt, Generations, Interpretation, Jacob, Jail, Joseph, Komps Kaos, Leaders, Light, Menorah, Parsha, Pharaoh, Potiphar, Slavery, Thanksgiving, Vayeishev
Stars in Your Eyes
Dreamers – Joseph seems to represent this wide-ranging group. Some dreamers are visionary – they provide us with new ideas and take us where we need to go. Joseph does this for Pharaoh…
- 5778, Days of Awe, Gemara, Haazinu, High Holidays, Interpretation, Listening, Liturgy, Midrash, Moses, New Year, Praise, Prayer, Rosh Hoshannah, Textual Criticism, Yamim Noraim, Yom Kippur
5778 Ways to Listen This Year
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Clearly I need to make some resolutions, like getting through the whole year on here…oh well, maybe after I finish coursework (this year!) you’ll see some improvements. But really –…
