Gates of Tears & Glimpses of Hope

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July 2025

On the exile of the 9th of Av
Eve and Adam, created on The sixth day, Says one midrash, spent That first Shabbat in Our existential exile In the cold Clothed by God and Cursed to…
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From exile to exile, we are still in exile
Notes on the three weeks*
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Treatise on The Soul
Whatever my “I” is, can I be sure my “I” is me? Or, rather, since, I’m already confused, is what is me What is my soul? That is, as since, I’m further…
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Something light, in dismal days
I’m a bookish person: in at least one respect, i’ve lived a childhood dream. i’ve quite the library books in every room, plenty of them, i cannot count…
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not quite
the taller, buff and shirtless, gripped the smaller’s biceps leaning into him, intent, intense; as best as I could tell from the distance I watched…
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June 2025

Haiku at Check-Out
My wife asked me to pick up a fresh loaf of bread for dinner. Stopping at the market, I grabbed the bread, a bottle of pop for a treat And a dozen white…
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"things to come"
a film written by h g wells
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dreaded
another another fight more more bombs loud loud cheers harsh harsh tears needed needed task target target at last hope hope it ends pray pray it ends in…
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Shattered Hearts
“Who healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their sorrows” (Ps 147:3) Oh, Master of Shattered Hearts knit them up piece together the shards of…
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May 2025

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