Archive for May, 2007
Sunday, May 27th, 2007
When the student is ready
I have always liked these two teachings:
“Make a teacher for yourself and acquire for yourself a companion.”Pirkei Avot/The Ethics of our Fathers 1:6
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.Zen proverb
Haven’t you notice that once you become interested in something new – a word, a author, a constellation you never saw before – suddenly [...]
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
Shavuot is coming
Dear Interfaith Families and Friends,
Shavuot begins next weekShavuot starts next week on Tuesday night, May 22. On that night many congregations and groups of congregations will hold late night (or all night) study sessions. It is traditional to study Torah all night on this anniversary of our receiving the Torah on Mt. Sinai. To learn [...]
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
Find Your Place
This has been a week filled with wonderful moments. On Friday night a friend of mine had his adult bar mitzvah. My friend is gay and specifically chose Achrai Mot/Kiddushim as his Torah portion so he could speak on those very difficult passages in Leviticus. He was magnificent! But it was not just his chanting [...]
