Passover is Over: A Reflection

April 29, 2014

This was the year. In 2010, I gave myself until this year to make a decision about kitniyot. Of course, 5774 seemed like such a long way off… After several years of experimenting with the Pesach prohibitions, we have finally found what works best for our family. Rice? Fine. Beans? Fine. Peanut butter? Fine. Corn […]

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Stranger in a Strange Land

April 10, 2014

I think it has to do with Robert A. Heinlein. A dear friend introduced me to the genre of science fiction/fantasy. Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke. Among many, many others. And yes, Heinlein as well. Their stories have stayed with me and shaped me. But with Heinlein, he had me before I even […]

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Inappropriate Pressure

April 7, 2014

Last week, after months of planning, scores of rabbis from across North America shaved their heads as part of the #36rabbis project. (Here is the Rashi on the #36rabbis.) It was a transcendent experience. And one that has raised more than half a million dollars as the top St. Baldrick’s event of the year and […]

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Invitation

March 18, 2014

Maybe that is what it takes. An invitation to participate. Perhaps that is why you haven’t given to the cause. SO consider yourself invited. Invited to donate to the #36rabbis. Invited to support the efforts of my seventy-two colleagues who are going bald to raise awareness. Invited to fund essential pediatric cancer research. Invited to […]

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*Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit!

March 17, 2014

If you don’t know what this means, then it doesn’t really matter what “they” say; apparently NOT everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. (*Happy St. Patrick’s Day! in Gaelic) Arriving at the salon for my Rosh Chodesh mani/pedi, it didn’t take more than a few moments to realize that everyone must have gotten the […]

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