No early morning peace in our neighborhood! Instead, there’s intense bird drama. A neighbor got some chickens. So—at dawn, of…
Category: Animals
Lion & Lamb, Vision of Peace
Video of “Isaiah’s Lion and Lamb: Animal Inspiration for Justice and Hope” Animal friendship stories help us believe that we…
Mouth of the Donkey Book Trailer
Are you surprised that Balaam’s donkey sees an angel?Don’t be! Says Rashi, the great medieval commentator. Because spiritual beings do exist.But…
Grasshopper Irony
Great ironic grasshopper story in this week’s Torah reading! And with a choice of moral lessons, too! Here’s how it…
Afterlife: Omer 46
Netzach: eternity. Malchut or Shechinah: close divine spiritual presence. I think about the afterlife sometimes. As in life after death.…
Caretaking: Omer 40
Caretaking. A hidden foundation of the world. One that merits much gratitude. But gets little. Today in the Omer, Hod,…
Going Home: Omer 35
Malchut, another name for Shechinah, Dweller. Divine Dweller, that is. Thus, a Divine Presence. Hod, Splendour. Shechinah she’b’hod, Divine Presence…
Mrs. L's Love: Omer 22
Chesed. Love. Netzach. Endurance. Chesed she’b’Netzach. Love that keeps us keeping on. Today, I’d like to tell a Sophia Street…
Deborah: Bee Peaceful
Deborah: biblical judge, prophet, warrior, singer, peacemaker. Here are three perspectives on her story: feminist, zoological, and Kabbalistic. Deborah, The…