Muse
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A Holy Dwelling
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The Torah readings Vayakhel and Pekudey are often chanted on the same Shabbat, and the Haftarah is usually the one which echoes many of the details... -
A Grandmother Apartment for God?
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What to do about Grandma? Many of us have had this discussion with our families. Should we build an addition onto the house: a “Grandma apartment”, if you will? Fill it with some, but not all, of her treasured memories? And what to do with the myriads of family pictures, some of which were taken during the early days of photography, when the camera employed to collect those memories was, itself, nearly as big as an apartment?
Now imagine what Moses must have felt like when shown the plans for God’s apartment: the Mishkan, wherein God’s presence would be concentrated when the Israelites camped in the desert! An involved commission from the One who created the entire world? NO PROBLEM!! (Not.)
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Dinah Rising
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Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, has long been a source of speculation, angst, misplaced blame, and a defiant reminder of the ills of the patriar... -
As the Gate Closes...
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Do we have any sci/fi /fantasy folk around here? Besides me, that is! Have you ever read a book so profound that you want to grab everybody you kno... -
Sending Them Off
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How can You do this, God!
Every moment since You created us, Your children,
You have sacrificed...
(See the entire poem at www.renaissancewomankippot.org Click on Blog, then click on "Muse")
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Put on your Thinking Cap...
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Did you know that a kosher kippah only needs to be big enough to cover one's fist? Rabbi Susan Grossman of Columbia, MD shared that teaching with m... -
On the Fringe
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Being "on the fringe" can mean the outer periphery of a place, ideas that are quite far from the accepted norm, even land that is on the far flung ... -
Shavuot: the "plus one" holiday (Updated 2022)
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So,by the time Shavuot occurs, we will have counted the Omer, the days between Pesach and Shavuot, for the past 49 days. We've tried to do self-improvement: to BE "plus one," ie, better than we are now... -
Lifeblood
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People have a natural reaction to blood: most shrink from it, some fear it, and some are fascinated by it. Ancient Temple practices, as in the Desert Mishkan ( from the word "dwelling place: a feminine word, and related to the Divine Feminine, the Shekhinah)consecrated it, and those who touched it, by separating them.. -
Birthing the New Year
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The parsha, or Torah portion, we read last week mentions the midwives who refused Pharaoh's orders to kill the Israelite baby boys. One of those boys was, of course, Moses, the future leader of the Israelite people.The midwives' action thus saved an entire people! We too, can play the part of midwives as we usher in the secular New Year...
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Judith: the Jewish Yael?
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Judith: the Jewish Yael?
https://renaissancewomankippot.org/blogs/muse/judith-the-jewish-yael
Hanukkah this year brought up lots of questions for me personally, as well as artistically...
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The Story of Serach
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Sukkot, which ended recently, was an occasion to invite honored ancestral guests, such as Serach, into this outside, temporary dwelling. Never heard of Serach? For many years, neither had I...
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