Netzach: I translate it as “endurance” and as “eternity.” “Eternity” fits when I imagine the sefirot as qualities of the…
Tiferet: Plotinus on Beauty
Beauty: I see it in flaming sunsets, soaring raptors, astonishing works of art. I want those experiences to last forever; they seem…
Tree of Incomparable Beauty
Recently, a new artisan storefront opened near my Main Street home. As I like to support local artisans, I wandered…
Gevurah: Aristotle on Judgment
Virtue is a state of character concerned with choice of the mean between two extremes, i.e., a mean relative to…
Chesed: Plato on Love
Do you know the wise woman Diotima, a fictional character in Plato’s dialogue Symposium? Six learned, drunken men discuss their…
Hope: Spring's Multifaith Gift
Passover, Easter, Spring: seasons of hope for Jews, Christians, and everyone in our planet’s northern hemisphere. This might be just…
Anointed by Synchronicity
Synchronicity, as defined by Carl Jung, occurs when two or more events are connected by their meanings — though not…
Horseradish Harvest
Yesterday at Or Shalom Synagogue in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, we harvested horseradish from our synagogue garden. We are an…
God's Kitchen
I miss Donna’s kitchen, so far away in North Carolina. Any afternoon or evening, any time, with or without kids,…