Sukkot
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Nor’easter for Sukkos
The last few days of Sukkos 5786 have seen NYC and surrounding areas enveloped in grey skies, various amounts of drizzle and rain, and wind gusts. The temperatures have just begun to drop,…
- 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…
- 5782, 5783, Ancestors, Brooklyn, Collaboration, Community, Goals, High Holidays, Ritual, Rosh Hoshannah, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Yiddish, Yom Kippur
Welcome, Again, to the Yontifs of Yontifs
Last year, somewhere in the mix of the high holidays that came early, in the waning summer days of September, I wrote what was a normal reflective post for the new year, that…
- 5780, Annual Cycle, Bereshit, Creativity, Dancing, Deuteronomy, Devarim, Dissertation Diary, Farewell, Generations, Genesis, High Holidays, Liturgy, Moses, Parsha, Presence, Rashi, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Torah
Dancing With Creation
Sukkos is the time of our joy, and Simchas Torah offers a highly tangible expression of our ecstatic expression. Whether momentary or mundane, each year we return in joy to the beginning of…
- 5779, 5780, Adath Israel, Comprehensive Exams, Davening, Dissertation, Faithfulness, HUC, JTS, Relationship, Rosh Hoshannah, Sukkot, Yamim Noraim, Yom Kippur
Decad[e]ing Dreams
After Hebrew school wrapped up last year, I went into deep study mode for my comprehensive exams. B”H, I passed them and am now ABD!* This summer I learned French (to pass a…
- Annual Cycle, Blessing, Israel, Israelites, Moses, Nebo, Parsha, Praise, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Tribe, Vzot haBrakhah
It’s Time to Dance!
It’s almost here – another year has gone by. Sukkot 5777 rushed by in Cincinnati with some rainy days, a definite chilling of the air, studying and learning, spending time with friends. Monday…
- 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…