shemini: seek wholenesses
sholem aleichem, apologies for the lateness of this newsletter -- with pesach and multiple yamim tovim, i did not have time to write. my word for this parsha...
etz hi tdov: choose love
hi, i'm republishing the piece below (shortened somewhat) in honor of tristen's first yahrtzeit (tomorrow), fern's first yahrtzeit (sunday), and (i...
tzav: gd in transition
sholem aleichem, thank you all very much for your support on my return to newslettering! i'm happy to be back, baruch hashem, for another week. writing this...
vayikra: the three-fold cord
sholem aleichem friends, my apologies for the lengthy absence -- i caught covid shortly after my last newsletter, and it has been a long slog to recover both...
yehoshua: could we
sholem aleichem, Happy New Year.....a little late. My apologies that it has been a full month since the last newsletter. I spend all day typing for my day...
yehoshua: the choice is ours
sholem aleichem, Hope you are all having a good end to the Gregorian Calendar Year :) This week: Yehoshua 13-15 Summary: Time jump! Yehoshua is now old, but...
yehoshua: barred from teshuva
sholem aleichem Happy chanukah y'all! We're halfway done with Yehoshua, thank goodness. Let's go: This week: Yehoshua 11-12 Summary: More kings ally against...
yehoshua: the sefiros turned upside down
sholem aleichem Hello again! I have to (once again) apologize for the erratic posting schedule. Without the parsha schedule to keep me honest, it is harder...
yehoshua: before hashem
sholem aleichem, It's been a while! Sorry about that. I took a week off for TDOR, and then another week off because I'm in the middle of a big move. This...
yehoshua: neither add nor subtract
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yehoshua: for us or our enemies
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yehoshua: apocalypse
sholem aleichem, Hello everyone! Unfortunately I've been having some issues with the newsletter software, so I am re-writing this email mostly from scratch...
yehoshua: rachav rachav
sholem aleichem, Hello friends! Shanah tovah! I'm back from my vacation and all the chagim. I had a wonderful time visiting friends in NYC, meeting some...
nitzavim: choose life and death
sholem aleichem, Apologies for missing last week -- the new Covid booster took me out. Be''H, I'll return to Ki Savo next year. I'll keep it short this week,...
ki teitzei: food and water for all
sholem aleichem, dvar machine broken, please stand by while we execute a hard reboot of our essential systems. in the meantime, enjoy this message from one...
shoftim: the sword of friendship
sholem aleixem, Hope you all are well. I am full of the spirit of elul, which for me means soooo many Paula Red apples (the first apples of the season! so...
re'eh: from gd's lips
Sholem aleichem, It's Friday! I only have time for a short note -- work got very busy, and then I had to switch some of my study-time over to another text at...
ekev: do not give me my daily bread
sholem aleichem, Hi friends! Welcome to another Friday. Lots to discuss. First, thank you to everyone who replied to last week's newsletter -- I promise I...
vaeschanan: choose love
sholem aleixem, Note א: My learning this week is dedicated to the memories of tristen, fern, fall, and soph. I'm thinking of you. Note ב: I studied the text...
devarim: a man of few words
Hey friends, Welcome to Devarim :) I'm feeling really grateful for the Torah cycle this week. It's so nice to have study practice like this that just keeps...