I heard an other-worldly voice call out a word I needed a Hebrew-English Dictionary to translate...and what it means about the way we learn & teach & live Torah.
ePHRYME returns for another Hevria Session, this time with Turkish Qanun master Tamer Pinarbasi in a song (and a stirring essay as well) that wails for true peace.
It’s so easy to feel the weight of the world on your shoulders. What if we hoisted it even higher and sang its praises?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
That was my life now. Blank. I was diving into the scary unknown and for the first time in my life I was not going to have a say on my future. So I deflated my ego down to 6 words.
MaNishtana returns in all his uncomfortable glory. Like an awkward phoenix rising from the ashes of a cremation urn someone knocked over at a family function.
2018, my optimism is as great as my fear. Be glorious, and grow no more.
We changed our lives because of what you told us Judaism stood for. Now we're waiting for you.
