אֲנִי יְשֵׁנָה וְלִבִּי עֵר
I was asleep, but my heart was wakeful (Song of Songs 5:2)
Song of Songs (שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים), one of the last scrolls of the Tanach, is a long, winding, beautiful poem about love — two lovers praise each other, yearn for each other, and envelop each…
If a child below the age of six lives in your home, or you are acquainted with one, you have most likely heard about the show Paw Patrol. For the uninitiated, Paw Patrol is a show about a…
Nothing makes sense right now.
One day it will all make sense.
These are the dualities that we live in right now. We live in a time where we are both in the past and in the future — and quite disbelieving of the present. In the same week, I…
Published on the Hazon blog: https://hazon.org/bo-in-times-of-darkness-can-we-share-our-light/
Parashat Bo occurs in anticipation of Bne’i Israel’s exodus from Egypt. Here, the last three plagues coincide with a divine hardening of Pharaoh’s heart to bring our ancestors into freedom. This journey, which brings us to Torah and mitzvot, is led by a beam…
*this post contains spoilers for Disney’s new movie, Encanto, and discussion of sexual assault, and traumatic events*
My breath caught in my throat when the image came up on the screen. It was a simple image — one that sticks out, in contrast with the vivid technicolor of the rest…
Jews are good at paradox. From a young age, we are both taught to be able to live with joy in the celebration of life, and the challenge of what it means to live as a Jewish person imbibed with the painful history of our people. Most of our holidays…
You don’t know me yet, but I promise you one day, you will. I just turned 36, which depending what age you’re reading this at — seems like an age you will never reach. You do reach it, I promise — see, here I am. I am writing to you…
I start this post with a double quote from two of the people who have shaped my psychic evolution — Carl Jung and Brenée Brown.
Brenée Brown writes, “Carl Jung called the paradox one of our most valued spiritual possessions and a great witness to the truth. He wrote, ‘Only…
My son has a new practice. For the last couple of weeks, I have noticed that whenever he feels that the energy in our home is getting too intense — say for example, because I’m chasing after the kids to put their shoes on in the morning — he will…
Mo Willems likes to hide pigeons in his books. When I first started to notice this, much to the delight of my children, I thought that it was as an homage to the series of books that launched his career. I didn’t know much about Mo Willems at the time…
