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Tue,May 15,2012
23 Iyyar 5772
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Middle Eastern Musings
Sunday May 13, 2012
This past Shabaot, I was blessed to have all of my sons and daughters home. I recognized this confluence of circumstances for the increasing rarity it is. The eldest is in “the parsha,” and will, accordingly, I pray, soon find her beshert and then move on to her own home. The next eldest spends most of his Shabbatot at his hesder yeshiva. What’s more, next year, he’ll enter the army. The third has just one year and...
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Wednesday May 09, 2012
I noticed she had wrapped her head not in her customary sheitel, but in a scarf, and I said as much as our two cars sped past each other, in reverse directions, on one of Jerusalem’s main streets. In turn, she giggled into her dashboard phone; it had been too long since we had embraced. That afternoon, as well, a face-to-face meeting was not ours to be had. At least we had had the opportunity to smile and to wave. Even that modest portion...
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Monday Apr 30, 2012
I was talking to my mother-in-law the other day and we shared the epiphany that we are aging. Whereas logic dictates that moving forward means getting older, it’s rare than either of us often pause sufficiently to be conscious of the changes that moving through life brings. Both of us are dynamic girls.
More to the point, the foci of our phone call were not necessarily happy ones. I was reporting some long-term damage to both...
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Tuesday Apr 24, 2012
It’s Safire, the time of counting. We are counting from the time of our exodus, of our physical redemption, to the time of our aliyah, the time of our spiritual redemption. In the case of the former, we are returned mastery over our bodies. In the case of the latter, we are given mastery over our souls.
Every year, we make this trip. Every year, we have the opportunity to appreciate its wonder. Every year, we can experience...
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Tuesday Apr 17, 2012
I’m feeling a little kvetchy.
We are commanded to guard not only our souls, but also our bodies. Beyond the usual requirements of adequate and proper rest, nourishment, exercise, and the like, this custodial position requires us to be critical consumers of health care. Sadly, many of us shirk our responsibilities, evading our obligations by elevating health care providers to positions of decision-makers. Equally sadly, those...
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About This Blog
Pushcart Prize nominee, KJ Hannah Greenberg wrote JPost's "Old/New World Discourse...
Pushcart Prize nominee, KJ Hannah Greenberg wrote JPost's "Old/New World Discourse” and “She Said: She Said.” Hannah has also contributed to: Chabad.org, Fallopian Falafel, Horizons, Mishpacha Magazine, Scribblers on the Roof and The New Vilna Review.
