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Bodies (Netflix): A Hopeful Story
Bodies. A new Netflix series. If you’re looking for a distraction, or an infusion of hope, I recommend you watch.…
War: It's not like Abram's Battle
War rages. And Abram rescues the captives (Gen 14). It’s an inspiring story. And we need inspiration. But it’s also…
Rainbow Treaty: A Peace Map
Rainbow: the sign of a peace treaty. At least, that’s how the Torah wants you to understand it. As a…
Complexity: Acknowledge it
Complexity. What are your strategies for holding it? Especially when grief, rage, and helplessness push your thoughts in every direction?…
Jeremiah: We are Clay in Your Hands
Jeremiah: his prophecy returns in poetic form on Yom Kippur. In the Hebrew piyyut, liturgical poem, Ki Hiney Kachomer: We…
Vayikra Leviticus: Five Gates
Vayikra: Flawed but Idealistic Vayikra – Leviticus. A flawed attempt to set up an ideal society. Some of its flaws…
Home of Your Soul
Last week, I got an urgent text from one of our offspring. The text said: I’m spiraling a bit about…
Dayenu: Radical Gratitude
Dayenu —enough! It’s an expression of radical gratitude. And a good foundation for the work of teshuvah—repentance, repair, return. I…
Who Shall I Be This New Year?
Here is a New Year teaching for Rosh Hashanah from Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira of Piaseczna. With a brief commentary,…