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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...