Tag: Bereshit
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The Lonely God and the Creation of Relationship
There is a strange tenderness in the second creation story.The first chapter of Genesis is full of grandeur and order: light and darkness, sea and sky, evening and morning. Everything unfolds with rhythm and precision, and when it is done, God looks at the world and calls it very good. Then the tone changes. The…
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Bereshit: Are we really done, back to “normal”?
Chaverim—Friends,Done! The High Holy Day season is over. The past weeks were exciting and exhausting, we were taken to spiritual highs and grounded again, we shared joy and we gave comfort to another when sadness overcame us. We (I) were nervous about new things, such as the new prayer books, and we felt safe in…
