Isaiah’s Long View of Comfort Today is Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Comfort. We read one of Isaiah’s most beautiful…
Category: Family
Grief Redeemed: Jacob and Joseph and Me
My brother Freddy holding infant me. He died 7 weeks later. There are two verses in Torah, in Parshat Vayigash…
Omer 31: Ashes, a Ritual
Day 31: Tiferet she’b’Hod, Balance in Humility We scattered my brother-in-law Rick’s ashes today. Well, technically, his brothers in Florida…
Parents: Love & Judgment
Parents. Mine are long gone, but I still hear their voices. A mix of encouragement and—shall we say—correction. At Rosh…
Resilience: Omer 44
Today’s topic is resilience. I think it fits with the day’s quality. Gevurah means Judgment. Malchut is another name for…
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…
Compromise: Omer 27
Yesod. Foundation. Netzach, Lasting. Yesod she’b’netzach: Foundations of what is lasting. Let’s say, for example, relationship. One of those foundations…
Love with Beauty: Omer 15
Chesed: Love. Tiferet: Beauty. Chesed she’b’Tiferet: The love in beauty. Love that sees beauty. And love that seeks beauty. “Beauty…
Mother Wisdom: Omer 14
Malchut. Also known as Shechinah, Archetype of the Mother. One whose guidance is always present. Gevurah. Judgment. Malchut she’b’Gevurah. Maternal…