Context is everything. Except when it comes to essence, of course. Then the whole point is to strip away context.…
Category: Jewish Renewal
Opening the Siddur
The title of the conference session seemed innocent enough: Not All Jews Say Kaddish. We received two lovely booklets of…
Hanukkah Truths
How many times has a teacher, website, or flyer promised to reveal to you The True Meaning of Hanukkah? How…
Potential
At the first meeting of Or Shalom’s adult bnei mitzvah class, my co-teacher Susan S. and I invited students to…
Kol Nidre's Spell
“All vows and oaths we take, all promises and obligations we make between this Yom Kippur and the next are…
Work of Love
Love certainly includes a fairy-tale aspect. No one can really say completely why he or she loves someone. The special…
Purple
Purple is in fashion. Queen E wears it, and so do I. Why do I wear purple? Hope. The Queen…
Rabbi Without Borders: Who, Me?
At the final meeting of our Rabbis Without Borders group, our teachers asked, “What is a Rabbi Without Borders?” I…
Dayenu Take 2: Prophets!
The host of the Seder we are attending on the first night of Passover has a custom of assigning a…