Monthly Archives: April 2018

This is yet another of those Shabbats when things are out of sync. We’re already in a period when Israel and the Diaspora are out of sync with Torah readings, and will remain so for a few more weeks until … Continue reading →

Life interfered with my ability to create a new musing this week. How fortunate that just this week in the news we are learning news about new flu strains and drug-resistant infections once again – just as it was 8 … Continue reading →

Once again, this Shabbat has a special haftarah reading. Since the new month, Iyyar, begins after sundown on Shabbat, we read the special haftarah for machar chodesh – tomorrow is the (new) month. So even though it has only been … Continue reading →

This is one of those weird situations one encounters in the world of liberal Judaism. In the traditional world (and for most Conservative and even Reconstructing Jews) it’s not an issue at all. Observing 8 days of Pesakh is the … Continue reading →