Category archive for ‘RITUAL’ rss

  • Long As God Can Grow It

    4/28/13 • (0)

    Is that a mop on your head or are you just counting the Omer? Or how I ended up observing the Omer in spite of myself.

  • Omer Is My Siddur? (Alone on a Shelf)

    4/05/13 • (2)

    Using Judaism’s traditional seven-week period of mourning as inspiration to return to a ‘three-a-day the Jewish way’ prayer practice.

  • The Tallit of Phillip Shenkler–UPDATE

    11/10/12 • (2)

    I’m happy to report the tallit of Phillip Shenkler got a hero’s welcome this morning–its first Shabbat morning in use in a congregational setting in at least 26 years.

  • The Tallit of Phillip Shenkler

    11/06/12 • (10)

    Phillip kept the the memorial booklet from Sara’s funeral in his tallit bag for 32 years until the day he died…and no one knew it until I opened the bag another 26 years later.

  • The Amidah Project: Kol Nidre

    9/24/12 • (1)

    To experience the t’shuvah of Kol Nidre, who really cares about the legal basis for Judaism’s most famous High Holy Day chant?

  • Once Around the Sanctuary, Not So Fast

    9/21/12 • (0)

    People often remark that converts tend to have a deeper knowledge of Judaism than do Jews by birth. But as with all things, practice makes perfect.

  • Are You Religious?

    9/19/12 • (4)

    Faithful or agnostic. Zealot or atheist. How religious are you? Are you sure about your answer?. Sometimes we’re not as religious as we think. And sometimes we’re closer to God than we ever realized.

  • Amidah Project: Everything Is Holy

    6/22/12 • (2)

    I find it hard to look at human suffering and see no-suffering. I find it hard to look at human faces and see no-faces. It’s not that, deep down, I feel we have any independent existence from God. It’s that I think we’re not supposed to see it that way.

  • Kippah Grip Redux

    6/15/12 • (14)

    Not even trying to hide it, they both gaped in our direction with an enormously puzzled look on their faces. I saw the rest of this blog post coming: ‘Can I ask you a question? Do you know what you’re wearing on your head?’

  • She-asani Yisrael: My Conversion Anniversary

    4/29/12 • (5)

    One Hebrew year ago, my neshama came home. In gratitude, I mark the anniversary of my mikveh day–the day I officially joined the Jewish people.