A while back an Israeli blogging buddy, Dotan, tagged me with this meme. Well, in the Israeli vernacular he actually “pass the wand” me — but same thing. I’ve been a total slacker about following up, but here goes.
- I have a Teddy Bear named Buttercup who travels everywhere with me.
- I’m a great baker and make fabulous homemade ice cream
- I dig classic cocktails — currently drinking manhattans, but my favorite is the sidecar
bonus thing:
- I read x-men comics and have a collection going back 10 years.
Passing the wand on to: Nine Ravens, The Last Big Thing, and Coffee Break Revolution.
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I read Yitro with new eyes tonight and found wonder. There were several passages that I read, and saw some things that I had never seen before. As I read an English translation, I just poured over the Hebrew.
These two are direct from the Everett Fox translation. What do you see?
Indeed all the earth is mine and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation. Exodus 19:5-6
You are not to make beside me gods of silver. Gods of gold you are not to make for yourself. Exodus 20:20
Now, I was looking up Exodus 20:3 in Hebrew and I don’t get the translations I see. I don’t claim to be a master of biblical or any other kind of Hebrew, but it still doesn’t make sense to me.
Help me out here people. Just the fact that the word “Elohim” is used here is really freaking me out. It’s the word we use for God all the time. Someone who’s really fluent in Hebrew read that line — discarding everything you know it’s supposed to mean — and translate it.
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I’ve been drying this pomegranate and it just looked so pretty with the jasmine flower that I had to share! The green plant is a nutmeg geranium that is in a hanging basket just above. If you need further orientation, the jasmine plant is on the table just below the window.
Back to your regularly scheduled programming!
With Purim rapidly approaching, I’ve been thinking a lot about the tradition of Shalach Manot — gifts of the hands. First I was thinking I’d send one of my fabulous readers a shalach manot package. Then I thought about encouraging everyone to adopt a soldier and send a shalach manot to someone serving in the military.
And then I had a great idea — why do both and then some. In the spirit of the mitzvot of both giving gifts to the needy at Purim and also giving gifts to friends and acquaintances — I hereby dedicate the great Shalach Manot Swap of 5767.
Here’s how you can participate:
- To participate in the swap with other readers of this site — leave a comment on this page by Friday, February 23, 2007.
DON’T give any personal information in the body of the comment. Just make sure you use a valid email address in the email address field. If you have any food allergies, keep kosher (level of please), vegan, or things like that DO mention that in your comment. Also if you are able to send more than one package, please mention that as well.
On Sunday, February 25, 2007, I’ll send everyone their matches. The only requirement is that EVERYTHING in the package is homemade. It could be cookies or crafties — doesn’t matter — but you have to make it yourself.
OR
- Send Shalach Manot to a soldier serving overseas or recovering from injuries here in the states through AnySoldier.com. Another option is to get a jump on Pesach and send a Seder package to troops and their families.
I’m looking for any information about how to specifically send packages to Jewish soldiers in the US Military. There’s lots on how to send stuff to IDF soldiers, but I’d like to support my own troops who are seriously in harms way right now. I’ll post information on this as I find it.
I’m going to contact the Chaplain’s office at Walter Reed Medical Center and see if there’s options to deliver packages to Jewish soldiers recovering there — again — I’ll let you know what I find out.
Learn more about the tradition of Shalach Manot (Manos)
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I know one of the conversations I had repeatedly at the last Kohenet retreat and with lots of outside people is, “what’s the difference between a rabbi and a kohenet?”
I’m reading Ecology & the Jewish Spirit right now, and it gave me a new thought on the question. Some of this, I realize, is a gross generalization — but go with me.
Rabbinical Judaism focuses, primarily, on the Five Books of Moses and the prophets — a primarily masculine view of God and Judaism. Kohenet and Earth-based Judaism focus, primarily, (or could focus) on the Wisdom tradition, the Ketuvim, — a more feminine and earth-based view of God and Judaism.
One of things coming out of my reading is that I realized I need to go back and read the Book of Job again. I’m starting to think that Job is really the story that is supposed to teach us that humanity is grown up now and there isn’t a “parent” watching over everything we do. We’re now small fish in HUGE pond of creation.
“Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee…” Job 12:8
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