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  1. RabbiO

    Covid

    Tested positive a few days ago. Symptoms nowhere near as mild as I would have hoped, but nowhere near as severe as I might have feared. Alternating between doing a lot of sleeping and trying to do a lot of sleeping. Started on plaxlovid. Is it working? Don’t know. Just the gift I was seeking as...
  2. RabbiO

    Yom Kippur

    May we each and all be sealed for only good and only blessings in this new year ahead of us. גמר חתימה טובה
  3. RabbiO

    I Am Now…

    A first time grandfather - courtesy of my very Jewish son and his very Jewish wife. A beautiful baby girl.
  4. RabbiO

    Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski

    Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, noted Torah scholar, author and psychiatrist, is dead at 90 זכרונו לברכה May his memory truly be for a blessing.
  5. RabbiO

    Sukkot

    שבת שלום חג סוכות שמח
  6. RabbiO

    Pesach

    Reform or Reconstructionist, Conservative or Renewal, Humanist or Modern Orthodox, or Ultra-Orthodox, I wish you each and all a zissen Pesach - a sweet Passover
  7. RabbiO

    Hanukkah

    No matter where on the spectrum of belief and practice you may be...... חנוכה שמח Happy Holiday to All
  8. RabbiO

    The Types of Judaism

    A forum member, @Ellen Brown, has written - "I have met a few Jews and was left very confused. These days, I refer to myself as an Abrahamic Religionist, though I have been several types of Christian, and two types of Muslims in the past. I'm pretty disorganized and not at all obedient to the...
  9. RabbiO

    Pesach

    I wish you each and all, your households and all whom you hold dear, a joyful Pesach, a happy and kosher holiday.
  10. RabbiO

    To Everything There Is A Season......

    I will probably, fairly soon, be off the grid for awhile. My mother, 98+, has taken a catastrophic turn for the worse and her chances for survival are very poor. Posting here is a needed distraction, but if what seems to be the expected outcome does occur, well, you will understand that I am...
  11. RabbiO

    D'var Torah On The Ocassion of My 70th Birthday

    D’var Torah – דבר תורה Vayigash - ויגש צפנת פענח What is it? No, it is not some tongue twister you should try to say ten times fast, nor is it the appetizer on the menu last night that you did not order because you didn’t know how to pronounce it. It is a name, an Egyptian name. It is the name...
  12. RabbiO

    Rosh Hashanah

    לשנה טובה תכתבו כתיבה וחתימה טובה
  13. RabbiO

    Tisha b'Av

    The story is told in the Talmud (Tr. Makkot 24b) of how Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Gamliel, Rabbi Joshua and Rabbi Eliezer ben Azariah came to Mt. Scopus and looking toward the remains of the Temple they saw a fox exiting the Holy of Holies. The other three rabbis fell to the ground and wept. Akiva, on...
  14. RabbiO

    I Get Blintzes!

    חג שבועות שמח
  15. RabbiO

    חג שמח

    א זיסן פסח
  16. RabbiO

    2nd Jewish Cemetery Desecrated In Less Than A Week

    Coming on the heels of wave of bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers across the US, the desecration of Jewish cemeteries in the St. Louis and Philadelphia areas is disheartening and gives one serious pause. The only heartening aspect is that in both instances the local Muslim...
  17. RabbiO

    I Want Treats!!

    I ain't new, but I don't think I ever posted an introduction.... Which means I never got any treats from Revoltingest!! I want my treats!! Now!!
  18. RabbiO

    I Don't To Be The Last To Wish You All An Easy Fast

    גמר חתימה טובה May your fast be easy, may your fast have meaning. May you and yours be sealed for only good.
  19. RabbiO

    Pesach

    Lest I forget, or become so busy that time escapes me, let me take the opportunity now to wish you all - A sweet Passover and a happy holiday. אַ זיסן פסח חג פסח שמח
  20. RabbiO

    Eugene B. Borowitz, זצ״ל

    זכר צדיק לברכה I note with sorrow the recent passing of Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz, one of the giants of contemporary Reform Judaism. As he told the rabbinical students whom he taught, “We need to guide Jews in the difficult art of maintaining an intense loyalty to Jewish tradition, that of...
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