In my pastoral counseling class for rabbinical school, we’ve been reading on the nature of loss in all its forms: loss of love, loss of health, love of future and its potential. These readings hit home for quite a few people in my class, particularly in my own home, where we have been struggling with one [...]
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When life throws a curve ball, ‘normal’ gets a new definition; a prayer on pain and loss from Rebbe Nachman
Posted in a LIVING progressive Judaism!, tagged Arthur Frank, chronic pain, hybermobility syndrome, Prayer for healing, Prayer for loss, Rebbe nachman on May 3, 2012 | 4 Comments »
A story from Rebbe Nachman : A son and the wisdom of the world
Posted in Jewish, tagged Midrash, Rebbe nachman, Wisdom of the world on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A Story from Rebbe Nachman There is a story of a king who sent his son a great distance to study all the wisdom of the world. The son went, studied, and returned wise. One day the king asked his son to take a massive rock and place it up upon the roof of the [...]
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I am a writer, editor, rabbinical student, mother and scuba diver (not necessarily in that order). My latest project is a narrative nonfiction book called Chasing Cupid: Tales of Dating Disaster in Jewish Suburbia, about my 15+ years of dating.
