Monthly Archives: August 2009

How did the על חטא (al ḥet) begin?

I don’t know.How­ev­er, I imag­ine it some­thing like this […from the archives (with minor updat­ing)]: Betha­mi knew the way down the nar­row windswept alley­ways of Tiberias blind­fold­ed The lap­ping of the tiny waves of Galilee offered a con­stant guide. She had walked this … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Elul Homework 1

now the real work begins Talk about “trim­ming” or “uni­fy­ing” is easy. The dif­fi­cult task lies ahead. I need to seek out the peo­ple I have wronged, approach them and express to them my regret along with a clear plan as to how … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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