Muse

B'midbar, the Torah portion read this year just before Shavuot, means "in the wilderness". That is different from the modern day translation of the word "midbar", which renders it as "desert". A desert is often perceived as being barren, lacking life, while in the wilderness,

Jewish mysticism assigns a color, a name and certain attributes to each sefirah, or manifestation of God energy in the universe in general, and the human body in particular. As part of a group made up of spiritual seekers, I wrote a poem in response to the evening's prompt...

We studied together, the B Mitzvah and I, about Tallit and Tefillin. Still wearing them, we sat down to write abut the experience.  What they wrote is private; this is what came to me, in words  at least. Someday, I shall  translate the words and the feeling into a wire kippah or wall hanging. 'Til then sweet readers, enjoy these words which I  share today:

Legacy inherited

Unquestioned access

to treasure most ancient.

To transmit:

To move though the generations 

from desert to shtetl

to an America which WAS the goldene medine

To ask the questions...

We studied together, the B Mitzvah and I, about Tallit and Tefillin. Still wearing them, we sat down to write abut the experience.  What they wrote is private; this is what came to me, in words  at least. Someday, I shall  translate the words and the feeling into a wire kippah or wall hanging. 'Til then sweet readers, enjoy these words which I  share today:

Legacy inherited

Unquestioned access

to treasure most ancient.

To transmit:

To move though the generations 

from desert to shtetl

to an America which WAS the goldene medine

To ask the questions...

Parshat/Torah Portion Bo (Come to Pharaoh) talks about crying out to the Lord: "a loud cry in all Mitzrayim". A couple of parshiyot /Torah portions before that, when the Divine calls out to Moses from the Burning Bush, the Voice says, among other life  and world changing statements, "I have heard their outcry". The  word used for both instances of crying out due to  suffering is the same: tzaakah. I thought to myself, "There must be a hint here; why else use the same word?"

Shemot/Names 

When naming our two cats, our daughters chose from names they had picked out in anticipation, should the time come to adopt our next furry family. How were the names assigned?

https://renaissancewomankippot.org/blogs/muse/just-playin

You know when you were a child, you would just play without thinking what others would say about you?