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Shemini
Sung in Eichah trop “Aaron was silent” (Lev. 10:3). My sons. I cannot breathe, I cannot speak their names, my heart has no words, just No, I say no, this cannot be; when all that is left of my boys is ashes. Their names folded into that fire- air, flames that sucked breath from their souls. God, you chose me, You dressed me, you have me set aside portions of korbanot to […]
Tazria
April 2, 2019
Tzaraas. Afflictions, in more pustular detail than you had ever imagined! Have you ever gone to a paint store and tried to find the right shade of white – or as Procol Harum sang, a Whiter Shade of Pale? There are many, many shades of white, and concomitantly, many degrees of tzaraas, and places where tzaraas can appear. White, a colour we now often and […]