Tag Archives: dash of drash

May 19 was Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, which is beautiful and very complex for most of us. Inspired by the amazing line "am I not the violin of all of your songs" in Naomi Shemer's song Jerusalem of Gold, I wrote this poem.

In these final days of 5780, on the threshold of a New Year with fire, flood, famine and plague ravishing our globe, what does it mean to return and how do we enter Rosh HaShanah when the world is so different.

Today is Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of counting towards Sinai. As well as bonfires, this is a festival whose themes include the power of the eyes and the mouth.

As these very hard and confusing days of lockdown continue, it is easy for today to feel like yesterday and tomorrow, and to count off the days until we can go back to seeing the people we miss and resuming some of our activities.

I offer a few reflections on celebrating Pesach in this new reality, with the knowledge that Holy Week for Christians and Ramadam for Muslims are also in this season.

Keep Breathing is Episode 104 of A Dash of Drash. In the fear, anxiety and uncertainty of these days, we so need to take care of ourselves physically, emotionally and spiritually.

How can we remain close and connected while being physically separate? Distancing and Connecting - a podcast for these times is Episode 103 of A Dash of Drash.

A Name and a Place with special guest Reverence Pedro Silva, Honoring the Legacy of MLK is Episode 102 of A Dash of Drash.

Ancestral Healing with Special Guest Rabbi Tirzah Firestone is Episode 101 of a Dash of Drash.

Godwrestling: Halachah and Aggadah, Law and Narrative is the 100th Episode of A Dash of Drash!

Angel of Friendship with Rabbi Greg Alexander is episode 99 of A Dash of Drash, recorded at the end of Thanksgiving weekend in Manhattan.

By popular request, Rabbi Marc has recorded his high holiday sermons as Episodes 96, 97 and 98 of Dash of Drash.

After a bit of break, A Dash of Drash is back with Episode 95 - Water, Manna, Cloud recorded live at Ramah in the Rockies with special guest Rabbi Noah Farkas from Valley Beth Shalom in Los Angeles.

The space beyond words is no words. Silence. We so need more of it in this loud, chattering world.

As well as the Season of Freedom, Passover is also known as the Festival of Spring (chag haAviv).

Communities can be complex because people are complex. It is so easy to judge, to dismiss, even to diagnose others without the skills, knowledge or right to do so!

Hazan Sabrina Sojourner is a spiritual leader, cantor, activist and writer based in Maryland. As a Jew of Color, Sabrina reflects on those inside and outside the camp and how, ultimately, we all belong.

I had the honor to spend some time with Professor Danny Matt and to record this conversation, giving us a taste of Kabbalah, gently opening up the supernal world of Jewish mysticism.

had the incredible honor of being on a writing retreat in Santa Fe last week with Natalie Goldberg and Rob Wilder called "A Sense of Place" ...

Sinai and the Power of Myth is Episode 88 of A Dash of Drash.

Torah and the Blues with Special Guest Joey Weisenberg is Episode 87 of A Dash of Drash.

Pharaoh's Heart, Our Hearts is Episode 86 of A Dash of Drash with Special Guest Rabbi Elyse Frishman, editor of Mishkan T'filah, the Reform Siddur published in 2007.

Singing through Chaos with Special Guest Rabbi Aviva Richman, recorded live at BJ in New York, is Episode 85 of A Dash of Drash.

Vayechi  (Genesis 47:28 - 50:26) means "and he lived" and is the last parsha of the first book of Torah. 

And Judah approached Joseph - vayifgash alav.