Mishnah
- 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…
- Abraham, Bruce Feiler, Covenant, Hagar, Interfaith, Ishmael, Journey, Jubilees, Land, Lekh Lekha, Lot, Matriarchs, Melchizedek, Mishnah, Parsha, Patriarchs, Politics, Sarah, Torah
The Greatest Journey?
In the canon of parshot, this week’s Lekh Lekha is pretty high on the most famous list. Mention this portion, and many people, regardless of practice, observance, synagogue attendance, or other faith marker…
- 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…