Home and exile: a Passover accounting
We will be celebrating Passover in less than 2 weeks. Passover is always on the 15th of the Jewish month of Nissan, which is a full…
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We are all refugees
We decorated the front of our house for Halloween this year. Really, it was just a minimal fall-themed dusting compared to what some of our neighbors…
Rambling thoughts in prayer
The weeks leading up to the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are meant to be ones of introspection. There have been many…
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There’s something about getting Facebook birthday wishes that surprises me every year. First, I have to say that I really like knowing when people’s birthdays are…
Update
“Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” ~ Muhammad Ali Please forgive me. It’s been months since my last confession post. I have been doing it…
So long my sweet boy
This morning we said goodbye to our 15 1/2 year old cat, Mo. The past few weeks have not been good for him and I’ve been trying…