Talmud of America
My recent posts..."Talmud of America" Pardes Institute, a non-denominational study center based in Jerusalem, offers immersive Jewish learning around the world. One project is “Talmud of America,” which aims to illuminate and interpret, through Jewish eyes, some...
Twilight Zone
My recent posts...Twilight Zone בֵּין הַשְׁמָשׁוֹת Bein hashemashot, literally, between the suns. בֵּין הַשְׁמָשׁוֹת A twilight zone of time, or rather, out of time, between one day and the next. Our sages of old used this concept to explain certain miraculous...
When to Pray Yizkor
My recent posts...My edited comments from this past final day of Pesach. Ellie’s mom, Julia Helfman, died on her 95th birthday, December 24, 2025. This was the first Yizkor service Ellie feels obligated to attend. She said, “I’m now a member of a club I was not eager...
Timing
It had become a Kremer household Pesach tradition, or rather, a pre-Pesach tradition. Somewhere within a couple of days prior the first seder and noon on erev Pesach, something would go awry in the kitchen.
Release, Return
מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ יי (mima’amakim k’raticha adonai)
From the depths, from the depths of our souls, Adonai, we call to You:
we pray for healing the minds and hearts of those newly released from sadistic confinement.
we pray for repair of their trust in the good of which humanity is capable.
we pray for easing their fear when a door is closed, when a room goes dark, when sounds are too loud, when a loved one’s voice cannot be heard, when a hug is a but dream, when the sky cannot be seen…
we pray for their fortitude to not be overwhelmed by memories and by the certain continued suffering of those still confined.
we pray for recognition of the cynical malicious physical and psychological warfare perpetrated against our people, against all Israelis, all Jews, all humans with a conscience.
we pray for opening the aggressors’ minds and hearts, something we cannot do alone.
מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ יי (mima’amakim k’raticha adonai)
From the depths, from the depths of our souls, Adonai, we call to You….
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