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#whattomorrowbrings #ayeargoesby #finalkaddish #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish The part of this blog where I write mostly about my mom is coming to an end. I do have another post that I will write in a few weeks, but I write this tonight because tomorrow evening begins the final kaddish for the year. Although mom died at the end of January, the date of her death on the lunar calendar begins tomorrow evening and ends on Friday before Shabbat. I want to mark this anniversary w

#modeh #modehani #modehanilfanecha #iwakeup #iwakeupinthemorning #whoreturnsmybreath #deepbreath #breathdeeply #covid19 #mothersanddaughters #sayingkaddish #getoutofbed #gladtobealive #livingandbreathing #onebreath #breath #breathingexercises Today is May 22, 2020. The twenty third day of counting. Do you know the prayer called Modeh Ani? It's prayer that happens early. You may not hear it if you are like me and come JFK, "just for kiddush." You may not hear even if you arr

#oneis #twois #countone #counttwo #covid19 #livingduringcorona #sayingkaddish #mothersanddaughters #quarantine #counting #6feetapart #quarantine #pandemic #fever #xoygen #heartbeats #pulse #covidpoetry #ourpresident #pressconferences #wordshavewings #daysofquarantine #takingyourtemperature #oximeter Days of quarantine Weeks of quarantine Months of quarantine Years of quarantine Record the numbers for the historical record Remember these numbers in the history books 2020 1918

#masekhetbrakhot #brakhot #dafyomi #apageaday #whendowesayshema #blessingourfood #theshmonehesrei #drbanan #doreita #blessingsoverfood #whendowebless #birkhathamazon #mezuman #talkingtalmud #inmemoryofmom #mothersanddaughters #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #kaddish Imagine a group of dedicated rabbis whose job it is to create a new way of life after a people is decimated and scattered away from their land and their way of life. Judaism, such an ancient religion, was built o