Most modern Jewish communities honour two paths to Jewish identity. You are a Jew if you (1) are born to…
Category: Jewish Practices
Ritual, help me find my story
Ritual helps us remember our story—at Passover and during a pandemic. You might think some stories stand on their own.…
Not Today, Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is coming! Soon! And I am not looking forward to it. Let me clarify that. Of course I…
Role Models: Omer 33
Spoiler alert: I’ll be talking about Lag B’Omer. And Rabbi Akiva. Soon. But first, today’s Omer quality. Hod. Splendor. Also…
Persona: Omer 32
Netzach: Success. Hod: Humility. Netzach she’b’hod: Successful humility. Or, in other words, a good public persona. Sometimes, I do think…
Humility: Omer 31
Tiferet. Beauty. Some say balance. Because on the tree of sefirot, love and judgment both flow into it. Tiferet sits…
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…
Consider Eternity: Omer 25
Netzach. Eternity. Netzach she’b’Netzach. Eternity within Eternity. Whoa. But also: Hooray! Whoa because it’s a tangle of abstract ideas. An…
Lasting Justice? Omer 24
Tiferet. Beauty. Netzach. Endurance. Tiferet she’b’netzach. The beauty of enduring things. Today I’m feeling contrary. So I’d like to talk…