Reflection
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Changing Seasons
While my Omer posts didn’t continue as smoothly as I’d planned, I’ve embarked upon a season of change. I spent many days preparing and helping my parents move, something which is still in…
- 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…
- 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…
- Abraham Joshua Heschel, Al Chet, Atonement, Cincinnati, Genealogy, High Holidays, Holiness, Jewish, Jonah, JTS, Liturgy, Love, Prayer, Presence, Reflection, Relationship, Repentance, Sovereignty, Synagogues, Yom Kippur
Close to Angels
This year was my first Yom Kippur spent in Cincinnati, and I davened at Adath Israel, a Conservative congregation where my ancestors attended when they lived in the area. It was a fantastic…
- Blessing, Covenant, Curse, Days of Awe, Deuteronomy, Egypt, High Holidays, Instructions, Israelites, Land, Moses, Nitzavim, Parsha, Pesach, Promises, Purpose, Reflection, Remember, September 11, Yom Kippur
A Day to Remember * A Day to Reflect
“You stand this day, all of you, before the L!rd your G!d…” The first words of Parashat Nitzavim remind us of the imminent Days of Awe, pointing our minds and hearts toward reflection.…
