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Category Archives: פרשת השבוע לחילוני האדוק
You got a call… ויקרא
It’s Sunday morning and I’m invited to a breakfast where dear friends are the honorees of the FHBA. In my rush to get out (especially with the time change), I didn’t read the fine print to learn more about “HFBA”. … Continue reading
G-d is in the Details
At the end of the day, it’s all about the details. But, look at the big picture! I do, and when I look at it really, really closely, I see that it’s made of lots and lots of tiny little … Continue reading
Posted in life and some, shabbat shalom, פרשת השבוע לחילוני האדוק
Tagged book of exodus, G-d, hebrew slave, mishpatim, seeking g-d, Torah, Torah portion
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The Salt Covenant, Now & Forever
A famous folktale of unclear origin tells about a king who asked his three daughters to describe how much they each loved him. The oldest said, like gold (or bread, or the heavens and earth and the whole world); the … Continue reading
Posted in life and some, shabbat shalom, פרשת השבוע לחילוני האדוק
Tagged brit, covenant, giv'ati, korach, salt, salt of the earth, Torah
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shabbat shalom: going up, with a friend
יא וַיְהִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית, בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי–בְּעֶשְׂרִים בַּחֹדֶשׁ; נַעֲלָה, הֶעָנָן, מֵעַל, מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת. 11 And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from … Continue reading
Posted in shabbat shalom, Uncategorized, פרשת השבוע לחילוני האדוק
Tagged menorah, numbers, Torah, trumpets
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Not Buying Skirts for my Boys!
Vignettes: New sounds have entered my East Coast experience, beyond the usual bells and Christmas songs of this season (which are almost completely absent from Riverdale): The heater pipes in the walls with their’ ticks, clicks, knocks and sudden bangs, … Continue reading
Posted in life and some, shabbat shalom, פרשת השבוע לחילוני האדוק
Tagged Genesis, hanukkah, jacob, joseph, snow, Torah
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CA Girl in NY, Week 4: Vignettes from Yeshiva Life before Rosh Hashana
Vignette When I packed my “shmates” – assorted loosely fitting clothes, more than a few acquired as treasures in second hand and thrift stores – many ended up in the giveaway bag because “that’s not how people dress in NY”. … Continue reading
Posted in life and some, shabbat shalom, פרשת השבוע לחילוני האדוק
Tagged nitzavim, rosh hashana, shana tova umetuka, shmates, Torah, yehsiva
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California Girl in NY – Week 2: Vignettes and Torah
Choices I’ve never had to make: When I walk out of the Yeshiva this afternoon, the morning clear, beautiful, blue sky gives way to glorious thick, dark, grey clouds. Within minutes, torrents gush down the streets. I’m drenched and hurry … Continue reading
Posted in life and some, shabbat shalom, פרשת השבוע לחילוני האדוק
Tagged 9-11, ki tetze, learning, new york, Torah, yeshiva
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Don’t do nothing – Parashat Shoftim
For now, I am fortunate to walk to school in the mornings. The weather is actually very much a reminder of my Haifa childhood. There are magnificent, tall maple and other so green trees that enjoy and benefit from the … Continue reading
Posted in life and some, shabbat shalom, פרשת השבוע לחילוני האדוק
Tagged shoftim, society, Torah
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Four Shorts and a Fifth for Passover
(1) The Passover Haggada is a big on “four”: four cups, four questions, four sons. And yet, each one of these fours, has a hidden, less obvious fifth. The most obvious one is that there is a fifth cup on … Continue reading
Posted in four sons, life and some, shabbat shalom, פרשת השבוע לחילוני האדוק
Tagged four sons, haggada, pesach, quetions
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