Thoughts on Parashat Bereshit […] The Eternal approved Abel and his offering, but did not approve Cain and his offering. Cain was filled with rage; his face fell. The Eternal One then said to Cain, “Why are you so angry? Why your fallen face? Would you not do well to lift it? For if you […]
An Ephemeral Booth or a Lasting Legacy?
How Should We View Our Lives? During Sukkot we read the Book of Ecclesiastes, which seems to claim that human life is equally ephemeral as the Sukkot booths which we build. Kohelet describes the transient character of human achievements in the following way: [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]So, too, I loathed all […]
Sukkot
SEPTEMBER 2018, Beit Polska – The festival of Sukkot, following on the full moon so shortly after the end of Yom Kippur and the lengthy period of repentance and meditation and teshuvah, is always a difficult one in some respects because one has just done so much praying and then comes the command ”Be happy!” […]
Is Progress Actually Always Progress?
Thoughts on Parashat Haazinu [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]They incensed Him with alien things, Vexed Him with abominations. They sacrificed to demons, no-gods, Gods they had never known, New ones, who came but lately, Who stirred not your fathers’ fears. You neglected the Rock that begot you, Forgot the God who brought […]
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