Names This parsha is Shemot, which in Hebrew means names. It’s also the name of this second book of the Torah. In English it is called Exodus, which means the mass departure of many people. Life sucks in Egypt for the Hebrew slaves and so they leave. Stuff happens. Exodus. The plot of this […]
I speak praise, hope and thanks. I open my mouth, I open my heart. I feel the Ancient Prayer: 1. AVOT VE’IMOT – PRAISE OUR ANCESTORS Bless our inventive ancestors, Who have given us the God of the Torah and the God of the Talmud, the God of our immigrant grandparents and the God of […]
Okay, so Four Children sitting around a table, talking At a seder And they have to ask, Why is this night different from all other nights? Why on this night do we ask so many questions? And who gets to answer? And who must listen? The first child, Book smart. The wise child Knows all […]
Pharaoh dreams of seven handsome fat cows being eaten by seven ugly, skinny cows. Pharaoh dreams of seven solid healthy ears of wheat on a single stalk, being followed by seven thin sickly ears on a stalk scorched by the east wind. He is a hereditary monarch, and therefore not very bright, so he calls […]
(inspired by Arthur Green, SEEK MY FACE) Maybe God is a gerund, a verb ending in ‘ing‘, a verb that has become a noun. Always doing, always being. And Being. Never starting, never ending. But real and solid, a thing made of action. Selah: Pause and think. I want always to be in the […]
Exod 33:12-34:26 This is one of those holiday Shabbats when a special Torah portion is read. In ancient times, Succot was THE holiday, of all the festivals this was the most important one. And if that is so, then one must wonder why, out of the entire chumash, this passage was chosen. It’s from Exodus, after Moses […]
Ancient God of the Sumerians, Hittites, Babylonians and Hebrews, God of Noah and all who came after, We can, if we survive, imagine being philosophically grateful For this hurricane. After all, It reminds us that there are forces much bigger than ourselves And puts our lives in perspective Which is always a good thing. But […]
I open my mouth, I open my heart.I speak praise, hope and thanks.I speak the Ancient Prayer: 1. Praise our Ancestors!God of my childhood faith, of my adult skepticismGod of the mystics, of the philosophersGod of our ancestors, of our childrenGod of my strength and of my weaknessGod of this community, and of mine aloneGod […]
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