Resurrection -- somewhat of a 'grave situation' (It falls on the Shabbat immediately preceding the new month of ELUL (or E.l.u.l: "I am for my beloved as my beloved is for me" -- "Ani l'Dodi v'Dodi li"). It is also a month in which we visit the graves of our loved ones, whom we consider to … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – Sun 8/14
Memories Light the corners of my mind -- Misty watercolor memories of the way we were Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind --- smiles we gave to one another, for the way we were Can it be that it was all so simple then? or has time re-written every line? If we had the chance to do … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – Wed 8/10
"How" a destroyed Temple might have appeared -- should it have been spared . . . This Shabbat (Sabbath) is 'Shabbat Nachamu' -- which, considering the historical and commemorative stories of this immediate last month, has come pretty much in the nick of time, however perhaps too late for this … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – Wed 8/3
How is it that Jerusalem is both reunited and rebuilt and yet this book and its chant are still around . . . what is its purpose any longer? Lamentations ... "Our dancing is turned into mourning. נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃ The crown has fallen from our … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – Wed 7/27
The period of the 'Three Weeks' in which we find ourselves . . . and it is often associated with blame and even messianism . . . There are serious issues associated with these 'three weeks' -- and they become even more serious from the beginning of the month of Av (this Thursday evening) for the … [Read more...]
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