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Finding the Joy.
Uri's weekly turn through the parsha, looking for the joy in it — something out of the week just gone, a verse or two, and whatever the two of them have to say to each other.
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The Revealed Part
Most of this week went on other people. Who needs what, and who has to move for any of it to happen. Some of it got settled. A good deal did not, and the parts still…
Seventy Languages and a Best Buy
I spent too much time this week figuring out that my AirPods are not adequate as a microphone.
Nobody Admires a Railing
I lost count somewhere around the beet salad. We'd been cooking for my husband's father's birthday — eight hours on Monday, then another two or three on Tuesday before…
Because the Way Is Long
There's a shower in the lounge by the Z gates. I used it a few minutes ago. And I can happily report that it gets you a good part of the way back to feeling human.
Three Units
I lost the first three days of this week to a migraine. Tuesday's Israel Brief didn't go out. The monthly Vantage slid to Wednesday. I spent most of those days in a dark…
The Best We Could Do
Sunday we went down to Jerusalem to have coffee with a friend. The coffee ran about two hours, which was longer than expected but very Israeli. And partway through it…
Every piece 71
- 71Where He Is
- 70The Revealed Part
- 69Seventy Languages and a Best Buy
- 68Nobody Admires a Railing
- 67Because the Way Is Long
- 66Three Units
- 65The Best We Could Do
- 64A Jew, Full Stop
- 63Turn North
- 62The Signs Are in French Now
- 61At Its Set Time
- 60What Balaam Saw
- 59He Ran Into the Crowd
- 58The Grasshopper Complex
- 57Sound the Trumpet for Your Simcha
- 56The Words That Kept Us
- 55On the List
- 54Lift Up Their Heads
- 53For All Its Inhabitants
- 52Count for Yourselves
- 51What Victory Looks Like
- 50Outside the camp
- 49The Eighth Day
- 48You Will See Where I Have Been
- 47The First Seder Was a Wartime Meal
- 46The Fire That Stays
- 45The Smallest Offering
- 44Show Up With What You Have
- 43Carve New Ones
- 42Crushed and Lit
- 41What You've Got
- 40Last Place
- 39The One Who Heard
- 38They Packed Drums
- 37What the Table Remembers
- 36The Narrow Place
- 35A Stranger in a Foreign Land
- 34And He Lived
- 33Come Forward
- 32The One They Didn't Recognize
- 31The Kitchen in Someone Else's Apartment
- 30The Name You Carry Home
- 29The People Named for Thank You
- 28The Wells You Dig Twice
- 27I Will Go
- 26She Laughed
- 25The Name You Arrive With
- 24The Second Week
- 23The First Word Again
- 22What Passes By
- 21The Song and the Rain
- 20The Last Walk
- 19You Are Still Standing
- 18The First Fruits of Showing Up
- 17You Cannot Look Away
- 16Go Home First
- 15Spend It on Whatever You Want
- 14Underfoot
- 13When You Are Away
- 12The Word That Carries Both
- 11Every Stop Along the Way
- 10The Broken Letter
- 09What He Saw
- 08Sing to It
- 07The Early Waker
- 06The Grapes Were Real
- 05Until the Flame Rises
- 04Fifteen Words
- 03Counted by Name
- 02Strangers Resident
- 01Three Days In
Also every week: Spiritual Sparks.
Rabbi Ze'ev Smason on the small sparks of everyday life.
Also every week: Your Weekly Dose.
Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman of Chabad Intown, on the week and what it asks of us.
Also every week: The Shabbat Drop.
Miranda Lapides on Jewish joy, culture, and the week just gone.
Also every week: Gimme Some Torah.
Rabbi Eli Garfinkel on the day’s portion, most days of the week.