Announcing the Publication of "Crackling and Alive"

"Crackling and Alive"

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Yes, the world remains and is increasingly too much. For me, pausing and then considering a response has been a way of affirming life itself. It is why I write. As the great Joan Didion once put it: “I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear." It is with this in mind that I share the publication - today of all days! - of "Crackling and Alive", a selection of my writings over 17 years (2006-2023). May we remain "Crackling and Alive" as we build this world from love.

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May We Be Blessed with the Leaders We Need -- #NitzavimVaYelech #Day357

Choose Life. Today. Hayom. #NitzavimVaYelech #Day355 #BringThemHomeNow

the fire: a prayer in memory of those we lost on October 7 and those we've lost since

the fire: a prayer in memory of those we lost on October 7 and those we've lost since
rabbi menachem creditor

 

In our hearts
we now construct a holy space.
Within that space is an altar.
Upon that altar burns a fire.

It singed Isaac's body (Gen. 22:13),
and far more since.
It burned where Moses once stood (Ex. 3:2),
and has since consumed holy ground beyond measure.
Some survived being thrown into its flames (Dan. 3),
while so many others did not.

This ancient, devouring fire, when was it lit?
From whence its furious power?
It has turned since Eternity on the swords
of angels who forever mark the moment
we learned of death itself. (Gen. 3:24)

That fierce fire now lives
upon the altars within our hearts
where our lost loved ones
burn within us.

The fire has always burned.
It always will.

The Sacred Reminder to See Beyond What Is. - #KiTavo #Day348 #Broadcast1140 #BringThemHomeNow

Know Where You Come From - #KiTavo #Day346 #Broadcast1138 #BringThemHomeNow #AmYisraelChai💙🇮🇱

Face the Darkness. Bring Light. - #KiTeitzei #Day343 #Broadcast1137 #ShabbatShalom #BringThemHomeNow #AmYisraelChai💙🇮🇱

Torah for September 11: Remember Where - and Who - We Were || #KiTeitzei #Day341 #Broadcast1135 #BringThemHomeNow #AmYisraelChai💙🇮🇱 #September11

Sacred Circles of Responsibility - #KiTeitzei #Day340 #Broadcast1134 #BringThemHomeNow #AmYisraelChai💙🇮🇱

We know how to fight. We know who we are. #KiTeitzei #Day339 #BringThemHomeNow #AmYisraelChai 🇮🇱 ❤️

Remember to Sing. Feel love and Know that You are Loved. #Day335 #BringThemHomeNow

[for Hersh 💔] Morning Torah #Shoftim #Day332 #Broadcast1128 #Hersh #BringThemHomeNow #AmYisraelChai💙🇮🇱

Rachel is weeping for her child: In Hersh’s grieving mother, we see our matriarch (JTA | Sept. 1, 2024)

Click here for the article: https://www.jta.org/2024/09/01/ideas/rachel-is-weeping-for-her-child-in-a-grieving-jewish-mother-we-see-our-jewish-matriarch