Tag Archives: liturgy

Let’s all do the al chet (2)

Posted on 2009/09/17 by davka

[A slight vari­ant of this page will appear here 10 times. In each the text will remain essen­tial­ly the same. How­ev­er, I will add a link to a new “sur­vey” each time.] I have writ­ten else­where, that I came to the rab­binate out of “poli­ty” … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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I am my ♥‘s and my ♥ is mine אלול

Posted on 2009/08/20 by davka

wel­come to אלול As we begin Elul, the month before Rosh haShan­nah, prepa­ra­tions for the new year start. The Hebrew word אלול is con­sid­ered an acronym for the phrase from the Song of Songs: 6:3a… אני לדודי ודודי לי = I am my … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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