They are doing it again. My husband and my younger children. Trying to send me signals of something. A couple of the games that are recurring in playing with are monopoly deal and uno and…
The Sexless Jews Of Orthodoxy
I’ve always been told that Judaism encourages all manner of human nature, as long as it is properly channeled, and in the right context. As it says in Kohelet, “Lakol zman va’et…tachat hashamayim.” Everything within…
Be Kind To You And Those Who Are Kind To You
I am me Me is enough Me is beautiful Me deserves to be treated nicely Me needs to make an effort to be kind to me Me needs to stop apologizing Me needs to be…
Wrestling With Weed
As the cloudy billows of smoke clear I see tall trees above me Towering they stand, mighty Strong and powerful To what ground are they rooted? What hold do they have? What I breathe in…
Letting Go
they let go of the memory that they’d had but wasn’t their own and the parallels ate at their shoelaces watching as it took flight; gossamer flittings and clouds of spark and dust (light) a…
Hi, I’m __________ And I’m An Addict
I remember those early days, coming into “the rooms,” as they call them and suddenly there He was, after many years of not being there. When I was a child, I said the Shema before…
Tired of Playing Hide & Seek
When I converted, I was in full blown love with this religion. A lifetime of attending Shabbos dinners and Pesach seders had lured me. It took a while for me to realize that Judaism was…
The Chassidic Shaman
I grew up Chabad, a child of a Shliach. I spent my childhood sheltered from the outside world. I learned to write Hebrew long before I could read English and I studied Talmud before learning…
Drowning In A Sea Of Black
I wanted to die yesterday I want to die today I want to die tomorrow I want to die the day after next It never stops It never just gets better It’s never just a…