Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we move toward Shabbat. The people thought God would always protect them.  God had other plans. Last week, the final and most drastic plague: death of the firstborn, forced Pharaoh to finally let the people go. In the deepest darkness of night, while the Egyptians let […]

  Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we move toward Shabbat. The sun may shine brightly, but it still feels very dark. Wherever I go I seem to encounter a dark malaise in so many. People express how they feel unnerved, imbalanced and out of sorts. Though the winter brings a certain kind […]

  Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we move toward Shabbat. How could Pharaoh say such a thing? Was he that clueless that he thought no one cared enough? Sometimes when inner thoughts touch one’s lips, they slip out and create havoc and grave concern. Often, it reflects thoughtlessness and arrogance. I imagine […]

  Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we move toward Shabbat. Bombogenesis described what many of us experienced yesterday with a storm of snow, wind, thunder, and ice; a full expression of the wrath the weather. We don’t need to understand fully the meteorological technical term to comprehend its impact or the strong […]