by Yael Fischman
May 30, 2022
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...
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by Yael Fischman
May 13, 2022
"Teach us to number our days (correctly), that we may attain a heart of wisdom"- Ps. 90
During this period of time, Sefirat ha- Omer, we do just th...
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by Yael Fischman
October 5, 2021
Eve gets a bad rap. Blamed for being a disobedient seductress, ("That woman", anybody?) her tale is used to explain and support the subjugation of/...
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by Yael Fischman
April 29, 2021
As we are wrapping up Mothers Day, I am thinking about the relationships between women. Thankfully, both my own mother and my mother-in-law are sti...
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by Yael Fischman
April 14, 2021
Counting can be hypnotic, meditative, or it can be fraught with anxiety. In my poem, "The Counting" I explore what it means to modern folk, far removed from the rhythm of the seasons, to go through this Jewish ritual.
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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...
"Teach us to number our days (correctly), that we may attain a heart of wisdom"- Ps. 90 During this period of time, Sefirat ha- Omer, we do just th...
Eve gets a bad rap. Blamed for being a disobedient seductress, ("That woman", anybody?) her tale is used to explain and support the subjugation of/...
As we are wrapping up Mothers Day, I am thinking about the relationships between women. Thankfully, both my own mother and my mother-in-law are sti...
Counting can be hypnotic, meditative, or it can be fraught with anxiety. In my poem, "The Counting" I explore what it means to modern folk, far removed from the rhythm of the seasons, to go through this Jewish ritual.
