My Musings

The musings of a rabbinical student, sociologist, personal trainer, weight lifter, food activist, vegan, queer, wannabe musician and there is still more.

Shacharit and weight training. Finding creative ways to daven.

I have generally believed in the concept of mind, body and spirit;  and when the three are connected life is pretty good. This year I have been challenged around the concept of prayer. My main problem was, how to fit it in, so I didn’t.  It bothered me…

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Shacharit and weight training. Finding creative ways to daven.

Shacharit and weight training. Finding creative ways to daven.

I have generally believed in the concept of mind, body and spirit;  and when the three are connected life is pretty good. This year I have been challenged around the concept of prayer. My main problem was, how to fit it in, so I didn’t.  It bothered me…

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Today is the 27 Yesod (bonding, foundation) in Netzach (endurance). This weekend I felt a
renewed commitment to my faith tradition, let’s just say I found religion and want to deepen that connection through prayer. I need to bond with this commitment and build a foundation so that my prayer practice will endure.

Baby :)

Baby :)

Baby ;)

Baby ;)

Baby :)

Baby :)

Passover beer

Passover beer

Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA

This is an amazing video “If kids grow kale, they eat kale, if kids grow tomatoes, they eat tomatoes.” 

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Chosenness

In Judaism, “chosenness” is the belief that the Jewish people were singularly chosen to enter into a covenant with God.  The idea of Jews as the chosen people is a fundamental tenet in traditional  Judaism. A tenet so fundamental that in 1945 the Union of…

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Jewish Belonging

Who is a Jew, is a basic question about Jewish identity. The question is based on ideas about membership to the Jewish people. Jewish identity has long been a source of questions and concerns for all Jews. How do we explain Jewish identity?

It used to be…

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