A story from the Book of Judges about an angel prophesying the miraculous birth of a child, and the unnamed woman who was to be Samson's mother.
Read moreResistance, Fasting, and Chalk Outlines
Our ancestors had practices that they engaged in in times of peril and plague. what might a practice of fasting in the face of peril or in response to tragedy do for us? Not instead of acting in the world, but in support of acting in the world? Standing in protest, in witness, in solidarity. And giving a sense of empowerment and agency to all of us who grieve at the news and then don’t know what to do.
Read moreSky of Iron (Profit, Guns & Leviticus)
If there is some balance between human and nature, and between human and Divine, that’s represented in the Book of Leviticus, then these terrible consequences are not a doling out of punishment, but the natural outcome of letting the delicate balance fail. We understand this now, in a new way, in this time we live in where every year we wonder if the sky will be like iron and the earth like copper.
Read moreNot Torah, Not Time, Not Community
A little about what Torah, time, and community might mean.
Read morePrayer for Reading the News
The goal of this protective ritual frame is to come away from reading the news not incapacitated by dread and despair, but instead feeling moved, strong, loving, and resolute.
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