This episode looks at the prophetic call, for Purim and other holidays, to act in “truth and peace” and our tendency to decide we’ve gone “far enough.”
Tag Archives: Svara
Faces and Voices
Is there a limit to how many or which faces of Torah are considered? If so, what are the criteria to consider?
Akiva and Ishmael at the Mountain
“Acher and ben Zoma in the orchard. Akiva uprooting the mountain….” some SVARA-inspired thoughts on rabbinic image-language.
UncertainTree
What was Isaac doing in the field at the eventide? Uncertainty is more powerful than a simple answer.
Experiment 5782
Not sure where this is going, but launching a new set of Torah explorations with Haazinu, near the end of Deuteronomy, and looking back/ahead to Breishit, at the start of the reading cycle. While the writing is mine, the thoughts are informed and inspired by Tzedek Chicago Torah study, a weekly on-line communal dive intoContinue reading “Experiment 5782”