Counting to Shavuot
“And everyone has a Sea of Reeds to cross, / Everyone has a story…”
Kalaniot
“And I wish / The fields of Israel’s kalaniot — red poppies — / Were all that were needed to generate peace”
Parashat Emor Meditation
A guided meditation inspired by the TorahThe Five Books of Moses, and the foundation of all of Jewish life and lore. The Torah is considered the heart and soul of the Jewish people, and study of the Torah is a high mitzvah. The Torah itself a scroll that is hand lettered on parchment, elaborately dressed and decorated, and stored in a decorative ark. It is chanted aloud on Mondays, Thursdays, and Shabbat, according to a yearly cycle. Sometimes "Torah" is used as a colloquial term for Jewish learning and narrative in general. portion
Trigger
“When did the word ‘love’
become a trigger?”
Repair (Tikkun)
“What is a painter? / A witness
(often flawed) who tries to repair /
a shadow, the angle of a shoulder?”
Beloved Zion
“The ones who say Zionism is a dirty word, / The ones who choose death on your account, / They only see the ‘ism.'”
Across Generations (for Yom Hasho’ah)
“Later, alone, she taught herself the art / of painting flower portraits. I learned that part…”
Prayer Disguised As A Question
“Please one who receives, crack me open so all I do is open…”
Modern Interactive Hadvalah Ceremony
Rabbi Jill Hausman shares a contemporary havdalahLit. Separation A ceremony performed on Saturday night to mark the end of Shabbat and the beginning of the week, using wine, a braided candle, and sweet-smelling spices. ceremony.
Counting the Omer (Taylor’s Version): Week Two
Each week of the OmerFrom the second day of Passover until Shavuot, Jews count seven weeks – seven times seven days – to commemorate the period between the Exodus from Egypt and the Revelation at Sinai. When the Temple stood, a certain measure (omer) of barley was offered on the altar each day; today, we merely count out the days. 5784 we’ll include LilyFish Gomberg’s weekly guide to Counting the Omer (Taylor’s version).
