This Week In Wisdom, Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred, Uncategorized |
September 20, 2022
Why do we need Moses to keep talking?
According to the commentator, Nachmanides, Moses finishes reviewing the commandments and stipulations of the Torah by Deuteronomy 26:16. This already comes most of the way through a book of the Torah that some commentators view as a recapitulation of the other four books – and which some contemporary scholars view as a later addition altogether. So why are we here, three chapters after the most generous reading of the Book of Deuteronomy indicates Moses has fully conveyed the content of the Torah? Why is Moses relating a review of a review within......
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Spirituality & Faith |
September 20, 2022
The Jewish Month Of Elul Reminds Us That Nothing Ever Stays The Same
Elul reminds us that change is the only guarantee in the physical world....
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I’m not packing my son off for college–some families have other transition stories
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The song reminds us that, despite life’s challenges and brokenness, we can still choose to send praise into the universe. ...
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Breaking False Dichotomies, Hold Dualities Together, Inspiring Story, News & Politics, This Week In Wisdom |
August 15, 2022
A Gnawing Feeling
The FBI was the enemy, and now it is a potential savior....
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Soul Hack, Spirituality & Faith, This Week In Wisdom, Weekly Parsha |
August 12, 2022
From Heartbreak to Hope
Blessings for First Steps....
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The translation that "God was cross with me" seems most thoughtful and sensitive to the resonance between Hebrew and English....
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Ukraine presents me with an interesting dilemma. I am moved by the tragedy of Russia’s war of aggression and the brutality with which the Russians prosecute it. For them, human suffering is a consideration to the extent that it can persuade their enemy to surrender. The Ukrainians are victims and pawns. But there is more to it than that. When the war began, a group of rabbis in Philadelphia went to the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to attend Vespers on the eve of Lent and show our support for......
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