POEM: The Blur of Words (Rosh Hashanah)
The blur of words on these praying days . . . (Click image to read more)
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Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah
POEM: What to Remember (Rosh Hashanah)
What is the most important thing to remember every day? (Click image to read more)
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QUICK THOUGHT: A Shofar Reflection in Three Parts (Rosh Hashanah)
The shofar is a cry inside each of us that needs to be let out. It is a cry of overwhelm and sometimes despair. O God, this life you gave us, it feels impossible to live, impossible to get done what needs to get done, impossible to really do it well and right, impossible to
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SHORT ESSAY: On Teshuva: A Return To Something Familiar (Rosh Hashanah)
A baby in her mother’s womb is taught the whole Torah, according to the Talmud. Then, when she is about to touch the air of the world, an angel strikes her mouth and she forgets it (Niddah 30b). She forgets, but not entirely. They say that babies develop a taste for the foods that their
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SHORT ESSAY: On Hannah And (Our) Judgment (Rosh Hashanah)
We read the story of Hannah on Rosh Hashanah. Usually, we think the story is linked to the day because of the themes of prayer and crying and God’s gift of a child to Hannah. But perhaps there is another theme here related to Rosh Hashanah – the theme of judgment. Not God’s judgment, but
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SHORT ESSAY: “Hayom” — Today — Feeling Vertical Time (Parashat Nitzavim and Rosh Hashanah)
The parsha which always precedes Rosh Hashanah, Nitzavim, begins with the words Atem Nitzavim Hayom. “You stand here today” entering into a new covenant with God. The word hayom is a mantra in this parsha and throughout Devarim and also for the High Holiday season. Hayom literally means “the day” – in