apokalysis, the Greek word for “revelation”, means not “ending” but “unveiling”…not “closure” but “disclosure” – that is, opening. A chance to open our eyes? But to what? -Ayana Mathis, “Imprinted by Belief: Apocalypse” NYTimes book review April 21 2024 Only four weeks ago we began again to immerse ourselves in the endless sea of TorahContinue reading “Shabbat VaYera: Apocalypse Now”
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Shabbat Lekh L’kha: Avraham did nothing (alone)
עֲשָׂרָה שֶׁיּוֹשְׁבִין וְעוֹסְקִין בַּתּוֹרָה, שְׁכִינָה שְׁרוּיָה בֵינֵיהֶם Ten who are sitting together and engaging in Torah, the Divine Presence rests among them (Pirke Avot 3.6) In our parashat hashavua, the weekly reading of the Torah, we begin the story of Abraham (originally Avram) who is seen as the ancestor of the Jewish people. As ourContinue reading “Shabbat Lekh L’kha: Avraham did nothing (alone)”
Shabbat Noah: The End of the World As We Know It (and I feel fine?)
אלה תולדות נח [נח איש צדיק תמים היה בדורותיו] א”ר יוחנן בדורותיו ולא בדורות אחרים וריש לקיש אמר בדורותיו כ”ש בדורות אחרים With regard to the verse: These are the generations of Noah; Noah was a righteous man, and wholehearted in his generations (Genesis 6:9), Rabbi Yoḥanan says: Relative to the other people of hisContinue reading “Shabbat Noah: The End of the World As We Know It (and I feel fine?)”
Shabbat Bereshit: Beginning Again, With You
The Thing Is To love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as water more fit for gillsContinue reading “Shabbat Bereshit: Beginning Again, With You”
Torah for the 21st Century by Rabbi Ariel Stone 