Purim falls on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar. About Adar, we say, “When Adar arrives, our…
Category: Wisdom
Mystical Fruit: Tu BeShevat
Enter the world of Pri Etz Hadar, the first published Kabbalistic Tu BeShevat Seder (c. 17th century). We learn that…
Dark Days
The darkest hour is just before the dawn. So they say. On Friday morning, my cat wakes me just before…
Let a Wise One Guide
Pharaoh dreams. Seven emaciated cows eat seven healthy ones. Then, seven lean ears of corn eating seven plump ones. Joseph…
Dream Themes
Dream researcher John Allen Hobson wrote in 1977 that a dream is “a mental experience, occuring in sleep, which is…
Career or Calling
A Dvar Torah for Parshat Matot Nechama Leibowitz titles a chapter of her commentary on Parshat Matot “Career or Calling?”…
Have It All
Earlier this summer, the blogosphere buzzed with discussion of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” (Atlantic…
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,…