Repentance
- 5783, 5784, Bereshit, Brooklyn, Creativity, Deuteronomy, Devarim, Flood, Genesis, High Holidays, Moses, Parsha, Pharaoh, Rain, Repentance, Rosh Hoshannah, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Torah, Yom Kippur
Brooklyn’s River of Joy, Sorrow, & Everything in Between
This season of the year’s turning, I’ve reflected a lot on the changes during 5783 and how to step forward into 5784. Through the contemplative space provided by Malkhut during Rosh Hashanah and…
- 5781, Bereshit, Creativity, Dissertation Diary, Genesis, Health, History, Human Experience, Pandemic, Parsha, Relationship, Repentance, Responsibility, Stewardship
What’s New?
Just like that, we’re back to the beginning – but this time, we’re in a jarringly different world. As in other crazy historical situations, rituals and traditions offer a framework and bring depth…
- 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…
- Days of Awe, Deuteronomy, Haftorah, High Holidays, Israelites, Joshua, Journey, Land, Mercy, Moses, Parsha, Repentance, Rosh Hoshannah, Second Temple Period, Shabbat, Strength, Transgression, Vayelekh, Yom Kippur
Turning With Awe
This week is Shabbat Shuva – the Sabbath of Turning, or Repentance. It comes between the civil new year, Rosh Hoshannah, and the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. This is a special Shabbat…
- Altar, Aramean, Covenant, Days of Awe, Deuteronomy, Haftorah, High Holidays, Instructions, Israelites, Ki Tavo, Land, Light, Offering, Parsha, Pesach, Promises, Repentance, Rosh Hoshannah, Slichot, Torah
A Light in the Land
This week’s portion, Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8), continues to be about the goodness of a land the Israelites are about to enter as G!d promised. The haftorah, Isaiah 60, connects to the promises…