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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 […]

Shalom Aleichem.  Tzav – command! The word is a sticky, fricative syllable that in one iteration or another crosses our lips daily as we perform a mitzvah.   Reflecting again, back to the final readings in Exodus, the Book of Shemot, we read about the construction of the Sanctuary, the Mishkan– and we read about fire. Fire is an element that follows us throughout Torah: God appeared to […]