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The best is yet to come (The Torah portion of Bo) ! כל הטוב עוד לפנינו * פרשת בא
I don’t like to get into politics. My views are mixed. I find myself agreeing with opposite leaders, conflicting ideas. I generally think we have to problem-solve challenges with what’s needed and right for them, right then and there, instead … Continue reading
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The Modeling Frog – צפרדע לדוגמא (הצפרדע הדוגמנית) – דף ופרשה
My aunt of blessed memory used to collect frogs; I mean, not live ones, although they did have a small pond in their backyard with which I, the “city girl” (if you can call Haifa a “city”) in love with … Continue reading
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Tractate P’sachim (updates weekly, b”h) – כל דיכפין יתא וילמד… קצרים ממסכת פסחים, מתעדכן כל שבוע, ב”ה
P’sachim 2:a – Ohr LeArba’a Asar: What is this light we’re talking about? and what are we talking about? The surprising opening of Tractate P’sachim עברית & English, Dec 2, 2020 – At the Galilee, picking olives, right before Hanukkah … Continue reading
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Freedom starts with having a name לכל איש יש שם….
Usually we read the Torah linearly: one story after another, one Torah portion after another. But, it’s possible to read it as a spiral. This way, we suddenly notice repeated themes that come up in various places, expanding and shedding … Continue reading
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On potential – the Torah portion of Vayechi
Just before his death, Jacob calls his sons and blesses them. We know how important his father’s blessing was to him when he was young; so much so, that he – and his mom – made sure he gets it … Continue reading
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The Little Prince & his Baobab Trees – on the 10th of Tevet
היום, עשרה בטבת, הראשון מבין ארבעת ימי התענית לזכר חורבן בית המקדש, מן יום הצום “רגוע”, לא קרה “כלום”, יום קצר, פחות מחצי יום. אני זוכרת שנה אחת שדוקא ביום הזה יצא לנו לטוס מזרחה. זמן הצום, מחושב לפי השמש, התקצר עוד … Continue reading
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On Miracles & Dreams – על ניסים וחלומות
לפני שנפרדים מחנוכה, עוד מבט לענין הניסים, בחיינו ובכלל. יש ניסים? אין? אצלי יש כל הזמן: הנה, מצאתי חניה. ירד גשם. או לא. תלוי. הכל בתוך האפשרות. בענין הזה אני עם איינשטיין, או לפחות כפי שהוא מופיע על הספל שלי: … Continue reading
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Light to combat darkness of various kinds – Hanukkah 2020
What a strange harvest season, in the middle of winter’, my daughter says when I mention that I am off to pick olives again, trying to take advantage of a sunny day. We’re used to harvest time being in the … Continue reading
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On dancing and struggling and hugging – Vayishlach
כל שנה כשאנחנו מגיעים בפרשה הזו, אני צריכה לשים מילה לאחד הריקודים הכי אהובים עלי. הוא אהוב כי הוא מקסים, וכי יש בי געגוע גדול לריקודים, וגם כי הוא כולל מילים מיוחדות: Every year when we get to this Torah … Continue reading
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Angels going Up & Down (Vayetze)
Jacob “had a dream: a stairway was set on the ground and its top reached to the sky, and angels of God were going up and down on it”… Usually, we think of angels as being “up high”, in the … Continue reading
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