Collections of Thoughts and Poetry

#helpme #mothers #pamdemic תִּבֹּ֔ל גַּם־אַתָּ֕ה גַּם־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִמָּ֑ךְ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֤ד מִמְּךָ֙ הַדָּבָ֔ר לֹא־תוּכַ֥ל עֲשֹׂ֖הוּ לְבַדֶּֽךָ: You will surely wear yourself out, and these people as well. For the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone. Exodus 18:18. Translation taken from Sefaria My first choice of poems last week was to try to recreate the scene of Sinai, but as Parshat Yitro passes into the past, I wanted to spend a few minutes connecting

#sarah #sarahimeinu #abraham #isaac #forefathers #foremothers #tanach #torah #wheniwasyoung #poetry #poem #breisheet #hagar #mistakes #regrets #onceiwasyoung #mysonmyson #myson #iamoldnow #nowiamold #mothers #mothersandsons #sons #lightofmyeyes Sarah was a complicated character in Torah. We hear about her as a young woman, a courageous woman, beautiful, hospitable and kind. We suffer along with her as we witness her infertility. We are appalled at her jealousy and cruelty t

#hagar #mothers #safetyofchildren #amothersprayer #nomunualformotherhood #prayforsafety #poverty #motherslove #roshhashannahtorahreading #roshhashannah #torahreading #mothersprayer #shmor #shema #magen #pkad #haksheev #zchor #motherstears This is another in a series of Divrei Torah that I am giving at KI on Wednesday mornings. The torah reading for the first day of Rosh HaShannah includes the story of Hagar. Hagar was Sarah's maidservant and she bore a child to Avraham whose