Musings from students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2009
Two weeks ago, my grandfather passed away. He had been ill for a long time, and it was not a sudden death, but it has been nonetheless a difficult experience. At his funeral, my uncle shared a story about my grandfather that has become something of a mantra for me in the last few weeks:
“My [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 9th, 2009
I just want to say one thing: I love our tradition.
The following is commentary, so buckle in.
I love our tradition because of the way it normalizes and honors imperfection – the real, as opposed to idealized, experience of our lives. We will start with examples in Halakhah and then move on to our role models, [...]