“Don’t be a jerk”
“If you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” The quotation is from Abraham Lincoln, but it could …
Category Archives: Torah
The Masks We Wear
Appearances can be deceiving. In Sarasota Florida, where I live, it feels like summer, but it is the dead of …
Three Questions
We humans use a lot of adjectives to describe God. Inquisitive isn’t usually on the list. But in the first …
Prayers of Thanks Before the Storm
You’d think praying would be pretty simple. But often it’s anything but. Sometimes it comes haltingly, or not at all. …
The Opposite of Indifference
One of my dogs has a slight limp, the result of an abusive past owner and advancing age. Lately, it’s …
What Does God Want of Us?
Last week, the Torah portion included the Shema, the statement that is so central to Judaism, an injunction to pay …
No Learning Today
What I mean is, no Torah study permitted today. Why not? Because today was Tisha B’Av, a Jewish holiday during …
