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Aching for Respite
I want to focus on the scent of the fresh morning, the calm of the bud unfolding, the birds waking, the squirrels chattering before urban bustle pushes…
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Unpredictable
On a podcast, our interlocutor, Sruli Rips, while riffing on the Talmudic discussion of inheritance, notes such becomes complicated when “the malakei…
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Surprised by How I Reply
Walking the dogs, a car Pulls over to the curb. The driver rolls down the window, And shouts out: What cute puppies you have. Thank you, I respond, I…
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October 2024

Sukkot -- The Year After
I tried this year, I really tried. I donned festive wear, Sat with the blessings In the booth Invited honored guests, Praised God, drank wine, Broke…
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Three Names
Midrash teaches: We each have three names. The first we learn is What our parents call us. We hope that they Gave that name (which, even if we reject…
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Leaning Into Yizkor
When you go to the same place Year after year And the place becomes your Common place and in that place Year after year What also becomes common Are all…
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Bombardment
Not What I Wish for Rosh HaShanah
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September 2024

Not Ready
Rosh HaShanah approaches.
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Possum in the Alley
The other morning, early, as I started my day Pulling out of the garage, from my car, I saw the possum lying in the middle of the alley. Was he gone, or…
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God's Puppies
Rosh HaShanah approaches Proclaimed the birthday Of the Cosmos Whether yes, or whether no irrelevant. A day to note in A grand fashion Being, our being…
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What To Say....
Sitting over my coffee On a lazy morning I will spy on my fellow Caffinators I do not try to hear What they are saying —Such would be rude— Although if…
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