#BlogElul 8 and 9 — Don’t You Have a Blessing for Me?

August 27, 2012

When you ask people about their Jewish camp experience, the overwhelming majority will list Shabbat as one of their favourite parts of being at camp. And wistfully wonder why Shabbat at home can’t be more like Shabbat at camp. So I was particularly surprised to hear that neither Ben nor Lilly ranked Shabbat at their […]

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#BlogElul 7 — Shofar Sho-good

August 25, 2012

I was spoiled, growing up in our shul. I was spoiled and I had no idea…until my first year of college. I was spoiled because each and every High Holy Days, I was taken away to a Place. A split-second moment in Time. Sinai. For just a moment. One Eternal moment. And I was taken […]

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#BlogElul 6 — This I Believe: Faith Defined

August 24, 2012

Originally posted at Frume Sarah’s World in 2011, I still hold these as my Truths. My faith in God remains…even when I question myself. ***************************************** I believe in God. I believe in the power of prayer. But I see these statements as only somewhat connected. I believe in a God who is omnipotent. Who is […]

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#BlogElul 5 — Trust in Whom?

August 23, 2012

“Trust me.” Whenever I hear someone say those words, my suspicions are immediately raised. Trust you? About this one thing? Leading me to assume that I shouldn’t be trusting you the rest of the time. I don’t like being told to trust someone. Because trust doesn’t come that easily. And I have enough experience to […]

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#BlogElul 4 — Character Counts

August 22, 2012

One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Sixteen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty No, Jacob didn’t inherit my flimsy grasp of mathematics. But some months ago, we noticed that numbers “fifteen” and “seventeen” appeared to be missing from the lineup. Upon questioning, we discovered that Jacob did in fact know […]

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