Collections of Thoughts and Poetry

#shelach #parshatshelach #thespies #grapes #grasshoppers #ontheotherside #giantsintheland Such is Parshat Shelach. The Hebrews come so close to achieving the goal of entering the land. So close and yet, so far away. Due to fear, perhaps to a lack of psychological preparedness and perhaps, worst of all, in this narrative of preparation that we have followed week by week, a deficit of belief in the Great Power, the Creator, merits them the punishment of never entering The Lan

#ontheotherside #sayingkaddish #listening #listeninginsteadofspeaking #prayer #morningminyan #thememoryroom #achange #atransition #transitions An Observation For ten months I stood alone in my living room with my contemporaries and said the kaddish prayer in the Memory Room. I stood looking out of the window or gazing at a photo of mom, or looking down at the floor or at the computer monitor but mostly I concentrated on remembering the words of the kaddish, on saying the w

#ontheotherside #sayingkaddish #thememoryroom #housekeeping #wordshavewings An Update Housekeeping me? Nope, it is a strength that I do not possess, but there is a little housekeeping that I need to do today because of a transition in this little blog. You may have noticed when you opened the page today that although the name of this blog will remain the same, the photograph of mom and me is gone from the top of the page. The eleven months has come to an end, and this blog