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A Teacher-filled Tale and Blessing

Active parallels with my own learning, from youth to whatever age I am now, and from early days of the Havurah movement to wherever things are today.

Bowie and Hendrix and God and Meir

Another set of resources on Erubin 13b — about R’ Meir and his light.

David Bowie and Rabbi Meir

“Turn and face the strange”

Luxury and Sin: A dictionary path

The less noted definition of “chet” [sin] is “living in luxury” or “well-dressed, polished, cleansed.”

And So?

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

Tag: trope

Vayeishev: Language and Translation

Genesis/Breishit 39:2, 7-8, 10:

HASHEM was with Joseph [va’yehi* YHVH et-yosef]…. Continue reading Vayeishev: Language and Translation

Posted on November 29, 2009December 8, 2019Categories Breishit, literary analysis, SexTags Joseph, Language, trope, WeeklyTorah1 Comment on Vayeishev: Language and Translation

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