Torah
Embracing the Dark as Hanukkah approaches
As the first night of Hanukkah rapidly approaches, I have been thinking a lot this year about the meaning of darkness. We spend so much time chasing the light. I have typically experienced winter as drudgery and look forward to springtime and lengthening days. But this year the darkness has been beckoning to me- and […]
Vayikra: Mincha & Roses
To stand for human dignity means not only insisting on the right to basic survival needs, but the right to live fully — to experience joy, pleasure, love, friendship, beauty.
Why Me? Parshat Toldot
In looking closely at Rebecca’s question, the Torah invites us to ask: what does it mean to be a human being who struggles, and what sustains us in these moments of difficulty?
Silence and Seeing: Parashat Chayei Sarah
Yitzhak needs to be seen – by God and by other people – as more than just as the means by which Avraham’s faith is tested.
The hidden and the revealed
Parashat Vayera 5783 From the very outset of this week’s parasha, vision and and seeing are important themes. We meet Avraham at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day, where God appears to him –vayera elav. In the following verse we read: Vayisa et einav va-ya’ar v’hineh shlosah anashim nitzavim alav. […]
Weaving Between Worlds: Honoring Our Ancestors
Yizkor, Yom Kippur 5783 / October 5, 2022 I recently learned about a traditional practice of Ashkenazi Jewish women – making soul candles. Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, women in Eastern Europe would make candles. Each community had its own practice -sometimes the candles were made for use at home. Other times, they were […]
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