Twenty years into learning about Judaism, I was still hanging around the edges. Learning? Yes. Observing Jewish laws? Too exotic and constraining. I admired other people’s Jewish observances. but I was
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Yom Kippur – a Pearl
I asked… “Can you explain Yom Kippur in a nutshell to me?” This is what I’ve learned…On Yom Kippur…
we return to who we really are. The deepest part of
MITZVAH SURPRISES: Recap #4
A mini skirt wearing, religion hating, pork rib loving woman seeking excitement…finds joy, dignity and delight in her Jewish roots and surprise surprise..
“But how exactly did you fall in love with being Jewish?”: Recap #2
This next recap is about…. finding my way back home. Into the tribe and the religion of our fathers and mothers…. Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, Leah and Rachel…
THREE PARTIES and Shabbat
I am not in a party crowd. I LOVED parties in my 20s and 30s. And yet, funny, but after years of no parties, I was just invited to THREE parties in the next few weeks.
FALLING IN LOVE WITH JUDAISM
I’ve talked about NOT wanting Judaism, why love it now? My love affair with Judaism has been a slow burn. Simply the DESIRE was…
THE SHABBOS WHALE
…invited into the intimacy of a home to share a Shabbat meal. Still, I was going to be a no, thank you. Easier to not put myself in this new situation with people I don’t really know and to stay in my comfortable known environment…
A QUIRKY TAMBOURINE & spirituality
It’s the week of Passover. We’ve had the Seder, we’re eating the matzah. Now what? I’ve never done this before but this year I am counting the Omer. This refers to the 49 days from the
SHOMER SHABBOS: can I do it?
I started weekly Shabbat dinners for our unusual family…my two sons, myself, my ex-husband, and then later, my teenage son began inviting his friends. It became a…