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And So?

For nearly 3000 years, we’ve been warned that there is blood on our hands and work to be done. And so?

Vision, Blood, and Learning

Three readings from the compressed period of Shabbat and Tisha B’av call us to….

Footnote to “Setting Out”

another illustration of how music and gender operated in 1976ish

Setting Out

Leaving one stage to reach another, part of parashat Masei, is illustrated by two concerts featuring Joni Mitchell.

Recognition and Force

thoughts on force and how it works in commerce and in the subset of acquisition in the ancient world known as marriage or betrothal

Tag: Elijah’s Cup

Va-eira: Something to Notice

Four verbs in Exodus/Shemot 6:6-7 form the basis for the Rabbinic requirement of four cups at the Passover seder:
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Posted on January 6, 2010January 12, 2020Categories holidays, literary analysis, ShemotTags Elijah's Cup, Four Cups, Notice, Passover, Va'eira, WeeklyTorah1 Comment on Va-eira: Something to Notice

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