March 31, 2020
Corona – the test
As I began revising a test to give my students to evaluate their learning this semester, I got to thinking about the test of Corona. Corona… a test of our…
March 29, 2020
Corona and the art of patience – a Mussar teaching for today
In my family we have an ongoing joke. We stopped calling days Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday and so on, we just call it “day.” While thankfully, my family is able…
March 28, 2020
We are one – writing our Corona legacy
We are writing our collective Corona legacy. Foremost among all teachings will be that we are one as a world. Today we are one. We are one in our appreciation…
March 28, 2020
Where do you find light in the darkness?
Jewish mystics teach us to lift up the shattered shards of our world in order to bring healing. Each time we encounter darkness – the darkness of headlines or the…
March 25, 2020
Sacrifices Large and Small – Day 12
Sacrifices stand at the center. Sacrifices are at the center of the Five Books of Moses. This week, the Jewish world opens Leviticus, the middle book of the Torah, and…