B'rosh hashanah yikatevun,uv'yom tzom kippur yechatemun...On Rosh HaShana it is Written, and on Yom Kippur it is Sealed...This could have been our whole house.I really wish this wasn't the first picture of my house that I was posting here. But at 3:40pm yesterday, as Larry and … Read More »
L’shana tova, 5771!
Photo by Ron Almog via Flickr.Apples dipped in honey: the sweetest treat, savored as we welcome the new Jewish year. The calendar turns again. I have lived my whole life by the academic calendar, so as the wind picks up just the slightest chill, as the calendar flips from August … Read More »
A September Return
Photo by Andreanna Moya Photography via Flickr....And I'm back folks. Did you miss me? Here, follow me past the cut to see what I've been up to the last month. Our freshmen are moved in. Our returning students come back this weekend. The wheel of the academic year turns … Read More »
If
This Saturday's Torah portion is Eikev. It translates roughly to to "if." Moses continues his last sermon? speech? lesson? I'm not really sure how it's defined. But essentially, it's his last schpiel before the Israelites finally cross over into the Promised Land. Their wandering … Read More »
June ICLW: Elementally Speaking
Howdy! Thanks for stopping by for June's ICLW. (Learn more about the ICLW here and see how you can sign up for next month.) I've got a few previous ICLW intro posts to get you up to speed: ABC's of Me (November 2009), April 2010, and May 2010. For this month's intro, I think I'll … Read More »
Have you been Lost and Found?
I'd like to take this time to pimp out something I feel is rather important in the ALI blogsphere: Mel's Lost and Found Connections Abound (LFCA). Think of it as a semi-daily digest of all the happenings in the ALI blogosphere: quick announcements of our joys like birthdays, and … Read More »
A Woman of Valor
Maxfield Parrish: Ecstasy.I wanted to close this ICLW with something that has been an inspiration to me, something I always keep in the back of my mind: the Jewish concept of a Woman of Valor. I'm not here to preach religion, but I hold this ideal in my heart and let it … Read More »
Eggs-istentially Speaking
"Do you find your Judaism is influenced by existentialism?"My mind was racing to remember the definition of existentialism. I had a vague idea, so I blurted out: "Probably. I've always had grand ideas about life, death, God, and human existence.". . .This is an excerpt of … Read More »
Welcome to April’s ICLW!
Hi there! If you're stopping by from ICLW, welcome and thanks for visiting. I think most of my pages and tags should be good places to get started to know a little bit more about this blog, but here's the quick and dirty reader's digest version with links to relevant blog posts … Read More »
Passover & Infertility: Rethinking the Four Questions and Four Children
In my previous post, I go into great depth about the focus of fertility at Passover and some ways to cope. In this post, I'd like to focus on two very specific parts of the Passover seder. The Four Questions The Four Questions are asked by the youngest at the table, and … Read More »