I do think Judaism is just OCD. Just repackaged a little bit. For example: why are we counting everything? The pomegranate seeds, the omer, the mitzvot… what are we doing? There’s laws and prayers. You say a prayer, and then there’s another prayer in case you said it wrong. On Yom Kippur, we’re praying forContinue reading “Yom Kippur 5787: What Counts?”
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Shabbat Rosh HaShanah 5787: Repent One Day Before Your Death
Are you a good person? Is your neighbor? How do you know? How do you judge? Why does it matter? After all, we have seen the wicked in great power, and the innocent suffer for far too long. The Jewish tradition you and I belong to insists that this matters very much, and that youContinue reading “Shabbat Rosh HaShanah 5787: Repent One Day Before Your Death”
Shabbat Nitzavim-VaYelekh 5786: All Of Us
וְלֹ֥א אִתְּכֶ֖ם לְבַדְּכֶ֑ם אָנֹכִ֗י כֹּרֵת֙ אֶת־הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֔את וְאֶת־הָאָלָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת כִּי֩ אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֶשְׁנ֜וֹ פֹּ֗ה עִמָּ֙נוּ֙ עֹמֵ֣ד הַיּ֔וֹם לִפְנֵ֖י ה’ אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וְאֵ֨ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵינֶ֛נּוּ פֹּ֖ה עִמָּ֥נוּ הַיּֽוֹם׃ I make this covenant, with its sanctions, not with you alone, but both with those who are standing here with us this day before our God HaShem and with thoseContinue reading “Shabbat Nitzavim-VaYelekh 5786: All Of Us”
