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Joseph, Olive Oil & Chag Habanot – 3 shorts for Shabbat Hanukkah-Rosh Hodesh Tevet
Exactly XX year ago, Miketz was the Torah reading on my Bat Mitzvah, and some years later, and many miles away, my son’s too. The bat mitzvah was at the reform synagogue, Ohr Chadash (a new light) in Haifa, Israel. … Continue reading
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Tagged hanukkah, joseph, olive oil, shabbat, tevet, women ceebrations
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No Hollywood in Jacob’s journey – 3 shorts on Parashat Vayishlach
It’s a glorious sunny day in NYC, bright and beautiful. And 30 degrees. Fahrenheit. Need to layered up some, and remember that things are not always as they seem. In the Torah portion of Vayishlach, Jacob is traveling back after … Continue reading
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Tagged dina, half a shekel, jacob, journey, shabbat, vayishlach, women
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Sukkot: The Holiday of Temporary Housing and More
Sukkot: Vignettes On chol hamo’ed – the intermediary days of – Sukkot, I do what all Israelis do: go out to nature. Bear Mountain is less than an hour away with trees in unbelievable fall colors, beautiful lakes and stunning … Continue reading
To Remember & Forget
I step out of my neighbor’s house and something about the evening air, angle of dim streetlights, and the general silence around, reminds me of the last time I was on the same stone steps. Back then, this past fall, … Continue reading
Posted in life and some, shabbat shalom, פרשת השבוע לחילוני האדוק
Tagged forgetfulness, memory, shabbat, Torah, zachor
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Building a Mishkan- in time and space
95% of couples get together due to a simple musical chairs game. You’re out there playing, dancing around and suddenly, the music stops, and this is it. You could have been fishing in Alaska, hiking in Nepal, diving near Bali, … Continue reading
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Tagged dating, exodus, mishkan, shabbat, tabernacle, time and space
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The Song of the Trees: Shabbat Shira & Tu Bishvat
Shabbat, although repeated next week in the Ten Commandments, is already mentioned in this week’s reading. Contrary to life the way we know it, when we get rain from the heavens and bread from the ground, the miraculous journey the … Continue reading
Posted in life and some, shabbat shalom, פרשת השבוע לחילוני האדוק
Tagged exodus, herman hesse, Life, mann, Relationships, shabbat, shabbat shira, Torah, Torah portion, trees, tu bishvat
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