Every day of Elul? Shofar, so good? The beginning of the Shofar: is today the day? א  וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ, מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם--כָּל-מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה, לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ:  יוֹם תְּרוּעָה, יִהְיֶה לָכֶם. Number 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the … [Read more...]

Like a blessing for the Czar, let it be far far away from us . . . Can love and commitment (which have come into being), ever be broken? In the greater scheme of things, this is the month in which to think it over  . . .   This Friday evening through Saturday evening, Rosh Chodesh Elul 2022 … [Read more...]

Resurrection -- somewhat of a 'grave situation' (It falls on the Shabbat immediately preceding the new month of ELUL (or E.l.u.l: "I am for my beloved as my beloved is for me" -- "Ani l'Dodi v'Dodi li"). It is also a month in which we visit the graves of our loved ones, whom we consider to … [Read more...]

Memories Light the corners of my mind -- Misty watercolor memories of the way we were Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind --- smiles we gave to one another, for the way we were Can it be that it was all so simple then? or has time re-written every line? If we had the chance to do … [Read more...]

"How" a destroyed Temple might have appeared -- should it have been spared  . . .  This Shabbat (Sabbath) is 'Shabbat Nachamu' -- which, considering the historical and commemorative stories of this immediate last month, has come pretty much in the nick of time, however perhaps too late for this … [Read more...]