My Partner in Torah and I just finished learning about kriyas Yam Suf (excellent timing, yes) and as I have found over and over since we started learning Chumash, the pesukim gave me great chizuk. I gained a lot from learning these pesukim and really visualizing and feeling the experience. Specific details will touch different people; I am struck by …
This morning I went grocery shopping. The spy-girl energy was undeniable as I walked into the store hours before I’m usually up, in a mask and gloves, scoping out the territory. The store wasn’t empty (eeps) but what struck me was the silence. We all just wanted to get through our lists and skedaddle. And we were all afraid to …
Well, with so much time on my hands this month, you’d think I would have plowed through a stack of books…but, no. I did start a whole bunch, and also comfort-read passages out of Anne’s House of Dreams and The Blue Castle, both by L.M. Montgomery, but I only actually finished four: Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of …
It goes without saying that life will never be the same. We are living through a moment in history unlike anything we’ve experienced in our lifetimes. And earth-shaking changes like this make most everything else seem trivial by comparison. There will be time to write and talk about other things soon enough (and I intend to, on this blog), but …
How quickly the world turns upside down! Do you even remember life before COVID-19? When I was blogging about stuff like shidduch pictures (lol)? It was another reality…but we will get back there, please G-d! And as Rabbi Manis Friedman said in a video clip I saw, we will have a healthier planet and a nobler human race when we do. …
Sorry if y’all want a break from…the situation, but bear with me another moment. I find such charm in anything tiny and, between you and me, my secret wish was always to have an intimate little wedding (too much Anne of Green Gables, perhaps?). So, these days my imagination is in overdrive. As always, my heart truly goes out to …
At this point, just about everyone’s lives have been turned upside down. With schools shut down, businesses shuttered, and flights cancelled, not to mention the social distancing measures, I’m getting so jittery. Weddings have had to be dramatically scaled down…and that got me thinking about what I would do if my wedding was taking place under these circumstances. It’s actually kind …
Hey, last week I wanted to write something but I couldn’t figure out what my thoughts on the coronavirus outbreak were exactly. Now that my job and fieldwork have been suspended, I’m realizing that this is all very real. It’s time to settle into a new normal. When something large and unexpected shakes up our lives, it’s an invitation …
It’s Adar and I’m writing a paper on grief. It’s not as if I want to be writing a paper on grief (or on anything!) but there you go. And that’s kind of how it is a lot of the time. Happy + sad. Two minim in one bag. It’s Purim and I want to be celebrating it with my husband. …
Last Purim, I was home for most of the day with two of my sisters. My parents were away and we went to join them later in the day for the seudah. But for the better part of the day, it was just us. I’ve written before about the unique joy of a grown-up Purim. Last Purim was an extra-special …
