Yet sitting around the Seder table telling the story in different languages, our strangeness to each other falls away. Our distinct differences highlight our
Tag: redemption
Passover’s Coming!
Can you imagine running for your life and of all the limited things you can carry, you choose a tambourine? Along with the cleaning, scouring and chametz
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
AND THE WOMEN DANCED
… the women grabbed their little drums and tambourines! Who does that? I mean their lives and certainly their freedom were at dire risk. Who wants to…
THERE WAS NO MISTAKE: Yom Kippur take 2
Same day, same Yom Kippur Service, 2019. I was innocently sitting there gently striking my chest, whispering the sins listed in the Yom Kippur Siddur, when another wild wonderful realization came. Having experienced a share of trauma growing up, I had wished many times I could return to the happy, unself-conscious, young girl who was Read More
TRAUMA: Yom Kippur & freedom
On Yom Kippur 2019 I was in Shul hungry, standing, sitting, standing, sitting, and as usual not really understanding what was going on. I began to feel guilty about something I imagined I hadn’t done well. A close friend was going through a tough time and though I had tried to support her, somehow I Read More