• Creativity

    Annual Re-Creation

    Each year the Torah goes back to Genesis from Deuteronomy, re-reading the narratives of creation – that of the world and that of the Israelite familial structure and seed of a future nation.…

  • Omer

    Omer 9: Confusion in a Confident World

    Life can sometimes feel like a balance between leaning into what I don’t know and trusting my experience enough to act. Often, people present confidence while still figuring out new information, methods, connections.…

  • Omer

    Omer 6: Intention in an Isolated World

    The counting of the omer requires intention, remembering each day that time is in between two festivals marking harvests, marking seasons. The act of counting the omer connects a community of people tracking…

  • Omer

    Omer 2: Togetherness in a Torn-Apart World

    After a late Seder, I enjoyed an afternoon on the pier studying Talmud with my chevrusa. We are in Tractate Berakhot, amidst a discussion about G!d’s presence among certain set numbers of people…