A setting of the first stanza of Ahuveykha Ahevukha –– a medieval Ashkenazi piyyut by Shimon Hagadol of Mainz (960-1020).
Read moreCoincidence, and Torah Trancestors
Two web conversations – one about Joseph’s gender and the importance of locating ourselves in Torah; and one about what we might learn about reality from coincidence.
Read moreInsisting on Joy
This joy is available to us now, even now. Joy, not instead of the hard work, but suffused into it.
Read moreTelling Purim
How do you tell the story of Purim in a time when we are already activated, when we are beginning to feel the breath of danger on the backs of our necks?
Read moreStrong and Needed
I wake up every day in fear. But I am not in any personal, imminent danger. This is the conditioning of my past and the dread of the future. But I am not the captive of my conditioning, and dread is not destiny. In this moment I am strong. In this moment I am needed. May I be of use.
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