Bat Aliyah

  ( NOTE: Hebrew terms are translated at the end of the text.) To answer the question "How do we know that Moshiach will reveal addit...

      Over the last several weeks, one of my study partners and I have been learning a chapter of  Duties of the Heart by  R. Bachya ibn...

    The Seed. The Sprout. The Tree. The Fruit: A Metaphor About Israel   Guest Post by Lisa Cain Hammerman     For many years,   I have ...

The Thinness of Time  There is tenderness now  in how I hold time.  There is time yet -  though it wears thinner than it used to,  threadbar...

Photo by Maria Lupan on Unsplash   No one would call it cozy exactly, living here. Some days are spiked and pierc...

  Having just returned from a Mano Cruise, I want to share my impressions and offer some tips I wish we had known in advance. If the name Ma...

   The Paradox of Redemption Just as the seventh plague rained down Hailstones and fire – an unnatural mix - Light and darkness Are holding ...

Winter in Jerusalem   The rains will return soon. This year I will notice the wet stones of Jerusalem and call them art. I will cherish the ...

     But I'm Old Now But I’m old now. Not walker with green-yellow tennis balls old, not yet. But those who were young mothers along...