It’s been a week since my last post. You might think I’ve been lazy. Or maybe you think I got busy and then tired out from Simchat Torah and Shemini Atzeret, which fell during this past week. You might think I was remiss not to mention the holidays or write about them. In fact, I was [...]
In the Beginning There was Time
October 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Shabbat ends ends and the week begins. It seems like time starts again. We finish reading the Torah and we begin again with the first portion, the first words of Genesis: “In the beginning.” These thee words been translated many ways, but scholars seem to argue that the words tells us something about the creation not [...]
Begin Again and Again and Again…
October 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Each year on Simchat Torah I am struck by the importance of remembering the importance of going back and revisiting our beginnings. More often than not we learn something new or remember something necessary to our present life. On this holiday, which literally means “rejoicing in the Torah (or law),” we celebrate the completion [...]
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