Collections of Thoughts and Poetry

#oz #dorothygale #netzavim #nitzavim #devarim #seferdevarim #parshacommentary #wordshavewings #parshapoetry #theresnoplacelikehome #moses #deuteronomy #vayelech #parshatvayelech Welcome to Parshat Nitzavim, one of the two parshiyot we read this week, which contains a series of especially poignant messages. This is an edited re-post of something I posted in 2020. Moshe, the great teacher and leader, sees his end approaching and perhaps it is for this reason that these messa

#elul #august #latesummer #summerwaning #earliersunsets #latersunrises #tiredflowers #seferdevarim #parsha #kiteitzei #parshatkiteitzei #parshathashavua #intersections #intersectionsoftime #intersectionsofmeanings #deuteronomy #wordshavewings #parshapoetry Asking forgiveness from Parshat Ki Teitzei for not writing about its many important mitzvot this week. Below you will find a few posts from the past on Parshat Ki Teitzei. Tiny Tales of Kindness (2025) is my favorite beca

#parshatshoftim #shoftim #peopleofthebook #devarim #seferdevarim #parshapoetry #wordshavewings #deuteronomy #reading #books #torah Hi Everyone, If you would rather read a poem rather than this week's post about Jewish books, please consider opening these past posts on Parshat Shoftim. Be a Tree is one of my favorite posts and I would post it every year if I could! The Gardener equates the qualities of a gardener with the qualities of a leader. Since this post is about rea

#parshatdevarim #seferdevarim #words #deuteronomy #usinglanguage #tishabav #mourning #nationalmourning #moses #moshe Dear Friends, It is the month of Av, and we have arrived at the fifth book of the Torah, Sefer Devarim, which translates as The Book of Words. How does Moshe, the man once afraid to speak, go from his hesitant beginnings to the man who narrates a massive, 955-verse speech? Somewhere between the start of Exodus and the cusp of the Promised Land in Sefer Devarim,