I practiced mindfulness once before. In a group of five, we raised individual wrinkled raisins from table to tongues. Rotating the tiny mass about my mouth, my mind wandered between the dehydrated folds. A seeming heedless mess of raised twists and turns covered the raisin’s rough exterior. Biting down, the small yet complex raisin caught between my molars, a sweet juice poured out and over my waiting taste buds.

Do I believe that with God’s strength I can do all things? How powerful would that be?

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Jewish tradition considers an eclipse to be a bad omen. But it should be seen as an occasion for a blessing.

Before going into a complex description of the building of the mishkan, the portable sanctuary in the desert, God instructs