So things have been a little quiet around here, what with my coaching website launching and all kinds of busy stuff happening. But time moves on inexorably, and it is almost time for #BlogElul again. This is a yearly recurring event when I fill the feed from this blog with daily posts on High Holy … Continue reading #BlogElul is Coming!
Category: Judaism
Surviving the Bread of Affliction
Passover has been and gone. It's always been one of my favourite holidays, largely because of the amount of baking I do with my kids. But this year it's taken a twist that made it considerably harder than usual, and I'm still recovering. I've had at least one person say to me in the past, … Continue reading Surviving the Bread of Affliction
Twelve Years an Orphan
Today is my mother's yahrzeit, the anniversary of her death in the Hebrew calendar. In the common calendar it won't be for another couple of weeks, but I like to observe it the traditional way. My children were very young when they lost their grandmother - my eldest had just turned seven, my second son … Continue reading Twelve Years an Orphan
So this blog has been sleeping for a while …
Thanks to my daughter's Bat Mitzvah, my Life Coach practicum, and assorted kinds of craziness, I've not posted here since mid-November. Oy vey. But now I'm back! Things have been ... interesting. The Bat Mitzvah was wonderful - there will be pictures. Having family and friends surround us with love was amazing, too. Then Shira … Continue reading So this blog has been sleeping for a while …
Daleks in the Torah
I am so incredibly lucky to have been given the opportunity to develop an intimate knowledge of the Torah. Who but the Torah reader gets to read every single word of the Book? Because we are using the triennial system (for which I am currently extremely grateful, although I was not a fan when it … Continue reading Daleks in the Torah
In Plowing Time and in Harvest
Hi there! You haven't seen much of me lately, because we are deeply into the High Holy Day craziness. But we are almost done - only two more days of Yom Tov to go at the end of this week, and then we are done until the spring. Hannukah is a breeze by comparison - … Continue reading In Plowing Time and in Harvest
That Mythical Time
Well, I survived Rosh HaShanah and the Shabbat that came after it. I led services, read Torah, and helped keep things reasonably under control at our alternative service. I think people liked it. Now we are in the crazy week between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. These ten days are called the Ten Days of … Continue reading That Mythical Time
#BlogElul 29: Return
Wow, I did such a good job last year I'm not sure I can add anything to it. It's the last #BlogElul of the season. This year I didn't do as well in terms of consistent blogging as last year, there was a lot more going on and I did miss a couple of times. … Continue reading #BlogElul 29: Return
#BlogElul 28: Give
On this penultimate day of Elul, the word that Rabbi Sommer gave us is Give. How appropriate. Last year I wrote about scarcity and abundance. This year I am thinking about helping people. In the abundance model, you give away lots and lots of content, and charge for maybe the last 10%, the premium model, … Continue reading #BlogElul 28: Give
#BlogElul 27: Intend
Intend. What an interesting word. The immediate association, at least for me, is something about the road to hell and the paving stones thereof ... I'm sure I'm not the only one. Here's what I wrote about it last year. Here we are almost at the end of Elul. This morning I ran the service … Continue reading #BlogElul 27: Intend