Context is everything. Except when it comes to essence, of course. Then the whole point is to strip away context.…
Category: Spirituality
Wonder
I wondered why everyone else doesn’t wonder, too. I saw the dead squirrel in the road and I wanted to…
Opening the Siddur
The title of the conference session seemed innocent enough: Not All Jews Say Kaddish. We received two lovely booklets of…
Life's Night and Day (Long)
Torah describes Jacob’s flight from his twin brother Esau as one long day. Jacob impersonates Esau and steals his brother’s…
Animal Magic
A dvar Torah for Parshat Bo. A dream: I am walking through a sliding glass door to someone’s backyard pool. The…
Reality
“Are colours real?” Eli asks. We sit atop Fay Canyon in Sedona. Eli marvels at the dramatic changes he sees…
Vortex of Feelings
Rotating through feelings in five-minute stints. Sadness. Aunt Sylvia may be dying. Anger. I told Chas this vacation wouldn’t work.…
Dark Days
The darkest hour is just before the dawn. So they say. On Friday morning, my cat wakes me just before…
Where are you?
Ideas by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. Words by me. You, along with every human being, are engaged in a lifelong search.…