Shmirat Halashon: Observing your speech. Guarding it. Holding it precious. A beautiful practice for the month of Elul. A month…
Category: Spirituality
Shadow Side
Nothing in life is perfect. Nothing good is all good. Every positive choice, every wonderful character trait, casts its small…
Forgiveness: Five Stages
Rosh Hashanah is followed by the aseret yemei teshuvah, ten days of repentance and return. Our sages recommend that we…
High Holyday Inspiration
Dogs, missionaries, drifters, munchkins, the mentally ill: all these have helped me better understand our high holyday liturgy. Here are five…
Work of Love
Love certainly includes a fairy-tale aspect. No one can really say completely why he or she loves someone. The special…
Maternal Theology
My earliest memory of speaking or thinking about God: I am five years old, maybe only three years old, hanging…
Eulogy for Mom
Ruthie Duhan z”l, 1925-2012 Mom was born in the Bronx in 1925, to parents who had emigrated as children from…
Faith in Lore or Science?
If you are a person of faith, how do you put into words the basis of your faith? How do…
Mythical Lands
I’ve been AWOL from my blog for four weeks. More like five. Or is it six? I’ve been in mother-land,…