Recently, I’ve been giving even more thought than usual to my Jewish identity and my level of religious observance. With the holiday of Shavuos around the corner, I can’t help but think of my first Shavuos, seven years ago, which was the first holiday I fully observed. It also is the anniversary of an important [...]
Posts Tagged ‘love’
“Before I ever knew, I knew”
Posted in Jewish Journey, Writing, tagged holiday, love, observance, relationships, religion, shabbos, shavuos, shavuot on May 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On Souls
Posted in Jewish Journey, tagged love, soul, soulmates on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent conversation with a friend I said, almost casually, “I believe I have a soul.” A statement worth examining a bit closer! Here is a post I wrote, a long time ago, when I first started thinking about souls…. . I believe I have a soul. I believe that there is something in [...]
“Love is poor.”
Posted in Writing, tagged childhood, love, writing on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Love is poor. She sleeps in the parks, and when awake, helps people in pain. Her clothes may be rags, but they flow in the wind like a wave in the sea. Her face is carressed with sunlight, her eyes shine like the stars. She doesn’t walk, she floats. She is friends with the butterflies [...]
