Naso — A Weird Drink, Weird Behavior, & A Beautiful Blessing
This week’s Torah portion includes one of the most beautiful and moving passages in the Torah, and two of the …
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BaMidbar — In the Desert
My last entry in this blog was posted exactly five years ago today, on May 25, 2012. It’s been a …
Mourning Pets
I promised to write something about Judaism’s views on the afterlife, but first I want to talk a little more …
On Dying (and Living) and Mourning
Let’s start with something uplifting from a friend’s Facebook page: If you are sad today, lift your heart with the …
Power of Positive Perception
I recently wrote about post traumatic growth, the unexpected but positive outcome that can result from traumatic experiences. Soon afterwards, …
Post Traumatic Growth
As many of you know, I am a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed on January 29, 1999 and told that …
Waiting
The play “Waiting for Godot” is an absurdist exercise in futility – Didi and Gogo wait and wait, but Godot …
A Mourner’s Pain
Shabbat — February 18, 2012 I’m in mourning. My father died five months ago. My grandfather died 40 years ago …
The Last Week of Prayer Camp
Wednesday morning I’ll leave at the crack of dawn to fly to Connecticut for the last week of what I …
“I Speak for the Trees”
“I speak for the trees!” said the Lorax. I believe it’s time for a Lorax revival, because nowadays, despite recycling …
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