may you find God to be your Rest-Giver

the comment was made to me at work the other day about how i was more chipper than usually. i found that very interesting and also telling of how important rest is to us as humans.
for the first time in months, my wife and i took a real sabbath. we actually [...]

Part 5: Are the Law and Grace mutually exclusive

i just received some comments on a post i wrote i while ago about the interaction of the “Law” and “Grace”. they spurred me to write a little more on the subject.
let us think about the Law as a law. what do laws do in our society? they almost exclusively restrict us [...]

Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa on “knowledge”

growing up i thought that anything “jewish” was foolish and that “we” were much more sophisticated in our understanding of God, our world, how we should live, etc.
but the more that i read from the archives of Judaism, the more i am impressed by many many insightful lessons to be shared. learning a little [...]

Sabbath Campaign

this is a very interesting post from FFOZ. i thought i would pass it on:
The next great Jewish campaign, and the one that would create the most Jewish pride, should be the universalization of the Jewish Sabbath. Friday night must be turned into a national family night wherein families are encouraged to light candles, [...]

Mixed Traditions

This was a nice story that i just read and wanted to share with yall(which actually is about this blogger):
Celebrating all seasonLocal families bridge gap between Hanukkah and Christmas
By Anna Ferguson
Staff Writer
Michael Bugg doesn’t normally lead a double life. He doesn’t have a split personality or anything.
But during the holiday season, he embodies a [...]