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#blogElul 2017 – Day 13: Remember*
Humility/Anavah* Don’t think too much of myself Don’t think too little of myself. Patience/Savlanut* Patience truly is a virtue I need it. Gratitude/Hakarat Ha’tov* I am grateful for God I am grateful to God. Compassion/Rachamim* Compassion is instinctual Not toward … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, Healing, Jewish, Judaism, Mussar, Poems
Tagged #compassion, #gratitude, #lovingkindness, BlogElul, Breathe, Elul, Equanimity, faith, Generosite, honor, humility, Mussar, Patience, remember, Simplicity, Soul traits, trust, Truth
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#blogElul 2017 – Day 11: Trust
I like to think of myself as trustworthy, a stalwart ally, omnipresent in times of need. Truth be told too many times my actions have eroded others’ trust in me. How can one have faith in a sibling, a parent, … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, God, Jewish, Judaism, Poems
Tagged BlogElul, Elul, faith, guide my steps, peace, Please God, rage run amok, trust, trustworthy
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Day 6: Believe (still running behind…)
Did you ever listen to the NPR five-minute broadcast called This I Believe? A different piece ran every Monday for four years, sadly ending in 2009. NPR re-instituted the concept, which was the brainchild of celebrated journalist Edward R. Murrow, … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, Jewish, Where is God?
Tagged baseball, BlogElul, faith, God, Hawaii, Michelangelo, New Mexico, puns, The Mets, This I Believe
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#blogExodus – Day 9: Bitter
Bitter herbs – maror – that’s the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about “bitter” in the context of Exodus, and the upcoming Seder. Maror – representing the bitterness of slavery suffered by our ancestors. A life of … Continue reading
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Tagged #blogExodus, Bitter, bittersweet, charoseth, faith, freedom, God, Israelites, maror, Moses, Once we were slaves now we are free, oppression, Seder, tears
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#blogExodus – Day 8: Rise
After the first seven days of this #blogExodus exercise, I have come to see that there’s a little bit of everything in the Exodus story. Rising initially arises in the story as a taboo. God commands the Israelites, when they’re … Continue reading
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Tagged #blogExodus, Egypt, faith, freedom, God, Israelites, Moses, Mt. Sinai, Nachshon, Pharaoh, Seder, Ten Commandments
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#blogExodus – Day 6: Tell
Exodus is all about telling – mostly God telling Moses what to say, and Moses parroting it. God directs Moses to tell Pharaoh, “Let my people go,” and then hardens Pharaoh’s heart, so that the Israelites are not released – … Continue reading
#blogExodus – Day 5: Hide
It feels to me like there’s a lot of hiding going on in the beginning of Exodus. Moses’s mother hides Moses from the Egyptians, who would have drowned Moses in the Nile. After she put him in a basket and … Continue reading
#blogExodus – Day 4: Grow
As I thought about today’s topic, it seemed natural to speak of nature. It is Spring, after all, and grass should be greening, flowers should come to life. Hah! I live in the Boston area, and no bud has yet … Continue reading
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Tagged #blogExodus, backsliding, Egypt, faith, freedom, God, Grow, growth, Israelites, kicking and screaming, Moses, setbacks, slaves, Spring
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Blessings – Day 6
Today was a day of learning, preparing, and helping. Three of my favorite things. A good day! Day 6/Verse 6 of acrostic prayer poem*: Thank you God for the blessing of fear, for finding faith to face fragility. Each … Continue reading
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Tagged acrostic, blessings, face fragility, faith, fear, God, Jewish, Judaism, prayer poem, Thank you God
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