Week Six in the journey of self-examination we call “Sefirat Ha-Omer”: observing the “sefirot” (Divine energies) within us. Literally, the…
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Tiferet: Balance, Truth, Beauty
Week Three in the journey of self-examination we call “Sefirat Ha-Omer”: observing the “sefirot” (Divine attributes) within us. The most…
Gevurah: Discipline
Week Two in the journey of self-examination we call “Sefirat Ha-Omer”: observing the “sefirot” (Divine attributes) within us. In some…
Hearing into Speech
Yesterday, I sat out on Sophia Street and listened. I heard: A woman talking loudly on her cell phone. A…
Chesed: Love
Chesed – Love Week One in the journey of self-examination we call “Sefirat Ha-Omer”: observing the “sefirot” (Divine attributes) within…
Wicked Child
All the Seder-goers I know love reading about the “four children” in the Passover Haggadah. But they all dislike the…
Zombie Love
My late mother liked to sing Vernon Dalhart’s The Prisoner’s Song. She especially liked the last two lines. Her version was: If…
Wonder
I wondered why everyone else doesn’t wonder, too. I saw the dead squirrel in the road and I wanted to…
Eulogy for Sylvia
Sylvia Spector, 1912-2012 Aunt Sylvia, sister of our father Bernard Duhan, was a familiar member of our nuclear family. But through…