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Tag Archives: God
#blogElul 2017 – Day 16: Pray
I thank you, God, for all these things: For my baby; my brilliant, beautiful baby from whom Your light emanates. Thank you for Your gentle ruach that created her miraculous entry … Continue reading
Posted in Elul, God, Healing, Jewish, Judaism, Poems, Prayer Poems
Tagged baby, Bashert, BlogElul, community, Elul, family, God, guide her steps, Modim Anachnu Lach, Pray, rage, ruach
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#BlogElul 2017 – Day 2: Search
Somewhere, there must be a way away from demons devouring the quintessence of my Neshama destroying the marrow growing the cells of love and kindness drinking my lifeblood vampires on a feeding orgy leaving only an empty shell. Please, God, … Continue reading
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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Yamim Noraim and the Refugee Crisis
It’s that time of the year again. Yamim Noraim. Days of Awe. Yom Tov. Getting your name into the Book of Life and having it sealed. Reflecting, praying your heart out, forgiving, asking forgiveness, doing t’shuva, atoning, fasting, and ultimately, … Continue reading
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Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, asylum, atonement, Days of Awe, Elul, Europe, Germany, God, Holocaust, Jewish values, Judaism, refugee crisis, Refugees, repair, repentance, return, Syrians, T'shuvah, Yamim Noraim
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A Day For Naming
This weekend was Shavuot – the date where (allegedly) God gave Moses the 10 Commandments. It is one of the four holidays in the Jewish calendar when we say Yizkor (a service of remembrance for loved ones who have died). … Continue reading
#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 7: Ask
I’ve been sitting here, racking (not wracking, for the grammarians among us) my brain about how to link “ask” with Exodus. While I saw a lot of “telling,” which I wrote about last night, I didn’t notice much asking. Exodus … Continue reading
Posted in Exodus, God, Judaism
Tagged #blogExodus, ask, Egypt, Four Questions, freedom, God, Israelites, Pharaoh, questions, relevance, Seder, tell
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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
