לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם חֲתׇר־לְךָ֣ בַקִּ֑יר וְהוֹצֵאתָ֖ בּֽוֹ׃ Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out through it. https://www.sefaria.org.il/Ezekiel.12.5 But how does a person become creative?“When you notice a commonality between two or more things, you say, ‘Oh there’s something there.’ And now we make what’s called a charm bracelet: You take these things and you find a way to associate them. So that’s the … Continue reading my chaos will be a butterfly
This Thursday is our fifth aliyahversary; five years according to the Hebrew calendar that we arrived here in Israel as citizens. I feel that this is significant. The Gregorian date is June 29th, which I remembered only by looking at our airline tickets and then did the conversion to the Hebrew date. I should remember this and now with the help of technology, maybe I … Continue reading I’ve been sent
We just finished counting the Omer for the year; counting each night between the second day of Passover until the day before Shavuot, which was yesterday. There should be a sense of completion; some kind of feeling of accomplishment. There should. It’s similar to the emotions of “I should be accomplishing something during the stay-in-place year of COVID.” Should is the operative word once again. … Continue reading who am i/I?
Well, hardly. We are down to one last box of books, but I was giving homage to a great book, The Last of the Just. This of course has absolutely nothing to do with my situation, although I am sure that a case could be made (badly) that living in Israel is an existential nod to the greater fragility of all mankind. So let’s not … Continue reading the last of the books
I had started composing* a post last week that was all about what I won’t miss from the old neighborhood. I got to the end and realized I had to put in what I would miss. That made me realize I shouldn’t be focussed on the negative at all, and that wasn’t a good way to leave. The best way to leave is to focus … Continue reading looking forward!
Gravity means a few things. It can refer to importance; it also can refer to the physical property. Let’s use both, but start with the physical. Last Shabbat, we had guests here, an old study partner of ISHI, from their days at YU, so that makes it 37 years ago. We had lost touch over the years, as this was before Facebook and even email. … Continue reading gravity and revelation
A year has passed with us here in the center of Tzfat. It is time for some peace and quiet. But to get to there, we have to pass through another rite of passage, and we are again living with boxes. Again, we are weighing our possessingness. Again, we are self-judging why we have this stuff. Does it bring us such pleasure? Comfort? Right now, … Continue reading here we go again for the first time
In Tzfat. Where you can always expect the unexpected. And we are so normal it’s not normal. זה לא נורמלי! It’s not normal! Is the normal thing to say. I am thinking of our year here as Act I in the play about our move to Israel, our aliyah to the Land. I don’t know what Act II will be like yet. It hasn’t yet … Continue reading the year of living wackily
This is a combination of things, as most things truly are. We are just a few days before the holiday of Pesach, when the typical Jewish woman has a hard time distinguishing between dirt and the forbidden leavened chametz. I, of course, am not that. I know very well that I am doing spring cleaning. I removed the heavy quilt from our bed and washed … Continue reading of mice and me
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