These 22 days are days of bafflement. Bafflement not only in the sense that we are bewildered, wandering in a wilderness looking for a place to rest, but also baffled in the sense that during this time, the sound of God's voice is baffled .
Read moreOf Walls & Tents
Bil’am is moved, either by God, or by his deepest heart, to see and declare the beauty in these people, these refugees; represented in the simplicity and honesty of their tents – homes built mostly of hope, carried close to their skins.
Read morePray for Rain
And when I'm done with some of these specifics, I try to broaden out and pray for love. Always love. That it should enfold this world. That there should be a field of love so thick, so viscous, that it slows bullets and catches falling people.
Read moreQueer Medicine for a Dark Week
When Shabbat falls in the darkest part of the month, the Jewish world reads Torah's queerest story. What is the medicine?
Read moreBody of Soul
Whether or not we agree with the laws in Leviticus, there is something important about Torah's understanding that the physical body produces spiritual states. Our bodies affect the spiritual fabric of the community. The connection between our bodies and our spirits, and between our bodies and our shared spiritual energy, is worth noticing.
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