The Power of Ritual
My friend Chick Silberman wrote: “So why do you need to talk about God – unless congregants ask you? I …
Author Archives: SRQ Jew
It’s season in Florida
I knew this would happen. “Season” is upon us, which means that my Technion job is much more than full-time …
100 blessings a day
I’ve been thinking about blessings lately. This is mostly because I’m helping a kid prepare for his Bar Mitzvah, and …
Not feeling it these days
It’s been a while since I wrote…. mostly because I’ve felt basically empty since the High Holidays. To be honest, …
What Makes an Experience Spiritual?
Is there a difference between experiencing God and simply getting high? Between experiencing the divine and feeling uplifted? When I …
The Laws of Sukkot according to Dr. Seuss
You can build it very small You can build it very tall You can build it very large You can …
Spirituality AND Intellect
Just a quick comment about the necessity for both spirituality and intellect, and the point where they intersect — which …
Spirituality vs Intellect
In an e-mail conversation yesterday with a colleague about High Holiday services, he asked: “I trust you know what you …
Krayna’s Blessing
As you might imagine, I am up to my eyeballs in Yom Kippur prep, so by the end of a long …
Shana Tova
Due to my never-ending search for the sublime and the ridiculous (preferably together) I was delighted to run across an unfortunate …
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