Last week, in my role as a teacher of Judaism, I had four magnificent teaching experiences. The kind that leave…
Category: Love
Yesod: Foundational Energy
Week Six in the journey of self-examination we call “Sefirat Ha-Omer”: observing the “sefirot” (Divine energies) within us. Literally, the…
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…