Life: The Luck Of The Draw

Life: The Luck Of The Draw

Image credit: pinging.com A few weeks ago, towards the end of Talmud Tractate Megilla, I wrote about various sages in the Talmud who lived to “old age,” whatever that meant 2,000 years ago, and to what they attributed their longevity. I noted my chuckle over one...
Vayechi: Spiritual Care For The Dying

Vayechi: Spiritual Care For The Dying

Photo Credit: D-Gernz on Flickr This week’s Torah reading, Vayechi, begins by telling us that our patriarch Jacob, “lived 17 years in the land of Egypt,” once he had been reunited with his beloved son, Joseph. This sentence sets the stage for the end of the...
Vayetze: 50 Years Later

Vayetze: 50 Years Later

Marc Chagall, Jacob’s Dream, 1966. Nice, France This Shabbat marks 50 years since I read the haftarah for Vayetze at my Friday night bat mitzvah at B’nai Torah in Trumbull, CT. Where has the time gone? Who could have imagined that 50 years later I’d be a rabbi,...
Toldot: Because Labels Are For Cans

Toldot: Because Labels Are For Cans

sale-shelf-old-cans-food-162927.jpeg (6000×4000) (pexels.com) When I was growing up, perhaps in middle or high school, I remember having conversations with my friends about how we would never bring children into a world that was so messed up; we were dealing with race...
Vayera: Putting God On Hold

Vayera: Putting God On Hold

flickr.com/photos/megathoncharlie/6287188004/ This week’s Torah reading, Vayera, opens with: Vayera ay-lav Ado-nai bay-lonay Mamray v’hu yoshev petakh ha-ohel b’khom hayom, “And God appeared to him (Abraham) by the groves of Mamre; he was sitting at the entrance of...
Ted Lasso’s Lech Lecha Moments

Ted Lasso’s Lech Lecha Moments

The second season of Ted Lasso, Apple TV’s award-winning TV show, finished last week, and I’m left with so many questions about what’s going to happen next season! If you haven’t been watching, Ted Lasso (played by Jason Sudeikis) is a mediocre college football coach...

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