Collections of Thoughts and Poetry

#masechetroshhashannah #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #talmudstudy #roshhashannah #calendars #mountaintops #waitingforthemoon #themoon #newmoon #witnessingthemoon The daf must go on. Day after day there is new learning. In this masechet of Rosh Hashannah there was much to learn, especially for a novice learner like me. In Rosh Hashannah we study about the different types of new years during the year (there are four!). There was material about intentionality of those

#thewind #thewindandtheleaf #roshhashannah #teshuva #windsblow #leavesfall #theearth #thetrees #borninthesouth #groveofwillows #wordshavewings This will probably be the first small story/poems about the wind as we approach Sukkot. For now though, perhaps this is a teshuvah poem, a poem about mistakes and growth and repair. Shannah tovah. May you be inscribed for a healthy year. Once there was a wind born in the south or in the north or the west. It was born into a grove of wi

#questionsforelul #elul #monthofelul #instropection #lookinginward #roshhashannah #tenquestions #tendaystenquestions The internet is filled with congregations and organizations that aim to challenge people to look inward during the month of Elul so as to prepare for Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur which occurs directly after Elul ends. I am adding my voice to the many other voices that are out there, asking and suggesting this as a pre-holiday pause in our usual routines. Thes

#roshhashannah #jewishnewyear #tishrei #roshhashanna #igettheurgeforcooking #tomrush #andigettheurgeforgoing #brisket #honeycake #applesandhoney #fallcooking #covid #holidaysalone #itsdifferentthisyear #cookingfortwo #jewishboston #margiebogdanow #food #jewishboston #highholidays #newtraditions #new #change Rosh Hashannah, as the first of the fall holidays, comes in with all of the pomp and ceremony that it deserves as one of Judaism's celebrations of the new year. (there are

#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

#donotfollowmyrecipe #whatistheproblemhere #spreading #badresultsinbaking #badbaking #dontfollowmyexample #challah #shabbat #roshhashannah #braidedchallahs #newyear #challah #roundchallah #bakingadventures Warning! Do not follow my example on baking challah! I have inherited my mother's ability, or should I say my own inability to bake. My baking tips which you should never follow. Never purchase a scale and never measure exactly. In fact, don't invest in measuring devices a

#Kiteitzeh #parshatkiteitzeh #mercy #showingmercy #empathy #showingempathy #training #trainingforthemarathon #spiritualtraining #beitsasson #elul #shofarblowing #sayingkaddish #kehillatisraelbrookline #prayer #beitsasson #selichot #sephardicprayer #Roshhashannah #yomkippur #lookinginward This was a D'var Torah presented this week at Kehillat Israel's morning minyan. The Boston Marathon won't be coming to Boston this year. It didn't come in April and it won't be coming in Sep