Continuing exploration of “gathering” and the challenges of forming a community without physical boundaries.
Tag Archives: Asafsuf
(#46) Gathering
Exploring “ha-asafsuf,” sometimes “riff raff,” of Numbers 11:4, as “gathering” in opposition to Moses in a chapter also containing a “gathering of elders.” How might this set of contrasting views of gathering apply to our pandemic circumstances and the politicization of gathering today?
(#43) Motley Mob, Again
In this last week of the 49-stage journey, we return to the Wilderness and again explore the “Motley Mob” or “mixed multitude.”
Rereading Torah Towards Liberation 