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#youcount #counting #minyan #countingtheomer #keepingtrack #wordshavewings #passover #shavuot Yesterday my niece moved to New York City. A little more than a year ago she moved back home during her senior year at college. She was not alone in doing this. Thousands and thousands of young people found themselves back home a year ago. Her sister, a year ahead of her who worked in lived in NYC, also moved back to their childhood home. My brother and his wife, who had one chil

#Roshchodeshelul #elul #roshchodesh #newmonth #morningminyan #ki #shacharit #prayer #torahreading #numbers #bookofnumbers #parentsandchildren #averyspecialroom #kaddish #mothersanddaughters #fathersandsons #minyan #musaf #roshchodeshtorahreading Today I had another opportunity to do a Devar Torah for our morning Zoom minyan. I'd like to dedicate it to the memory of Rabbi Hamilton's father, may his memory always be a blessing. Today, had we been in a real instead of a virtual

#gomel #covid19 #sayingkaddish #kaddish #wordshavewings #mothersanddaughters #gomelblessing #reinventing #followinganillness #creativity #rabbis #communityleaders #minyan #creativeapproaches #livingjudaism #reinventingjudaism For those of you who have been generously following this series of little stories, these little slices of life during this time, this week marked a milestone. My husband has recovered from Covid-19 and wished to make the special blessing for people who