Yom Kippur
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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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Kol Nidre, Yom Kippur 5783 / October 4, 2022 Since the start of the pandemic, like many people, I have spent a lot more time at home. Pandemic. One of the things that I have found joy in is the opportunity this affords for fashion experimentation. Since I know that no one is going to…
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גרשתי מלבי את כל המלים כי פנה יום – ואמי נרדמה ואמי תישן עד בוא המשיח I have banished from my heart all words, For the day is turning And my mother will slumber- And my mother will sleep until the messiah comes. – Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky What can we say in the face of…
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I have lived much of my life as if I was a floating head. By which I mean, my default tendency is to intellectualize everything, to the point of at times more or less ignoring the fact that I have a body. I mostly got away with leading with my head, because it usually worked…
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Kol Nidre 5781 Contrary to what many people expect, when I tell them I grew up in Texas, I historically would not consider myself particularly outdoorsy. In fact, when most people hear about my Texas upbringing, I am met with a mix of surprise and disappointment. I don’t have an accent. I have somehow managed…
