First Shabbat
I never made it to the Negev on Friday. The tour was overbooked, and DJB assured me there would be another opportunity to visit the villages. Instead, I gladly caught up on much needed sleep. International air travel is very...
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In Israel
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Confluence
bs"d I woke late, was sort of waiting in bed for DJB to wake up so I could shower (the shower is through her bedroom), when the phone rang, for me. NS "had more clarity" and though of a shtepl...
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Quick
bs"d Learning today was great; God-willing am checking out the same place, different teacher, tomorrow (no, actually in 7.5 hours). Spent several high hours at the Kotel celebrating Pesach Sheni (see Bamidbar 9:1-14), under the full lunar eclipse (see Sky)....
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Birthday arrival
I'm sated and stuffed from a delicious full meal at Darna with Jay (for his birthday) and Ari and Marie and David (Berger). The first three landed just tonight -- I met them and let them into their flat in...
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Black Hats
A full crowd at the wall, many black hats chanting call-and-response tehillim. The guess, is for the health of an ailing rabbi. Again, great energy and davening tonight....
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Light
bs"d I've had one of the best days of my life, so I don't even know where or how to begin. I arrived to seder thinking I was fifteen minutes late when in fact I was five minutes early. A...
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Up North
I'm still traveling -- in bliss -- but wanted to share one photo from Lag B'Omer in Tzfat (it's a large file). Should be back in Jerusalem later tonight. L'shalom....
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Lag B'Omer and the North
bs"d Friday I went to Ben Yehuda Street to buy a SIM chip for my cellphone (called "pelephones" in Israel, "pela" meaning wonder, thus "wonder-phones"). I now have to get it "unlocked" for international use, which can only be done...
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Getting Grounded (Malchut she'be'Hod)
bs"d When I woke, I felt the compulsion to get out of the house quickly, without davening. I walked down to Ben Yehuda street and had coffee and a croissant. I wrote for a while with a borrowed pen (that's...
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Rashbi Panoramas
bs"d I have a sinus infection and thuuss a hheadache (and I'm typing from a wacky computer which doubless sosme of the leltters), but I thought you might like to look at these photos taken during Lag B'Omer by Andy...
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Descent for the sake of ascent
bs"d Frustratingly, I'm still blessed with a cold. I have a rough, dry taste in my mouth that doesn't dissipate no matter how much I drink. I had seder today (which was great even when my energy faded). After I...
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Integrally Linked
bs"d [Excerpt from an email....] Your reflections on my experience redoubles my experiencing them as miraculous! I certainly feel like I'm in "the right place." One friend wrote that it seems that I'm "where God wants me." Though I'm quite...
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Book crazy
There is a book sale this week, and I went a little overboard buying sefarim, even ones that weren't included in the sale. My justification is that they're significantly cheaper here than in the States, and I'm certainly going to...
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Publishing
bs"d I wrote and recorded this week's musical midrash and posted last week's (belatedly). You'll win a special prize if you can tell me the meter of Beged Tekhelet -- I have no idea myself, and I'm intrigued. I also...
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Without alarm
bs"d One of the first thoughts I woke up with this morning contained the awareness that I've woken up every day I've been in Israel without the aid of an alarm clock, naturally rising, with joy, sometime after dawn. One...
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Moved in, and access
So, on Yom Yershalayim, I began paying rent! Yea! Alas, there's no internet access (as I thought there would be) but I've found somewhere to plug in down the street. I'm off for the evening, but I fixed the photos...
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Motzei Shabbat in Jerusalem
This country is difficult to leave. Strangely, my thoughts have often drifted to the end of my stay, moving me out of the present and spiraling into calculations of an unpredictable future. I'm feeling so absolutely in my element. I...
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rebuilding
sixthirteen.org and a new face. difficult to build offline then post with intermitted access. please send bugs, comments, suggestions, love....
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Online at home!
Baruch hashem, I now have internet access where I'm living. When my subletter called to see about getting my Mac online they said it was possible but that they wouldn't be able to switch it back to get a PC...
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49/making it count
the first sound I was conscious of this morning was shofarot. i suppose to announce the Holy Day tomorrow.... i dreamt i was catching pecan-sized espresso beans with one outstretched hand. i was trying to catch as many beans as...
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receiving the Torah
bs"d I can begin to describe Shavuot in Jerusalem primarily because I'm exhausted, having only eight hours of the past 48, in odd spurts, and with wild awake-like dreams. If I learned anything it's this: "When it says 'happy are...
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New Midrash
bs"d I thought I was going to have a chance before Shabbos to remix this, alas.... Here's a rough version: Birkhat Kohanim (Naso). Shabbat Shalom....
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Shavuah Tov
bs"d Shavuah Tov. I've been decimated by some sort of insect -- my arms and hands, legs and feet have been thoroughly punctured for nourshment. I'm trying not to itch every instant. I made my first Shabbos in Jerusalem, and...
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