Tag Archives: creation

Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot, Hoshana Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah

Posted on September 28, 2018 by igplotzk

Did you know there’s a place on earth where it hasn’t rained for nearly 2 million years? It’s the Dry Valleys in Antarctica. I’m really tired of rain, and I’m not even talking about Hurricane Florence, just this rainrainrain-teasingbitofsun-rainrain. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beginnings and endings, creation, Ezekiel, Geshem, Hoshana, Hoshana Rabbah, Joshua, prayer for rain, Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, starting over, Sukkot, V'zot HaBracha | Leave a comment

Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8)

Posted on October 11, 2017 by igplotzk

After enough time has passed, I often forget details of what I’ve written. Thus, I find the comments below fresh even though they are 8 years old. Jokes are newly found, though. There is simply too much to ponder in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam, Bereishit, creation, Eve, Garden of Eden, Genesis, Methuselah, Rashi, Robert Harris | Leave a comment

Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8)

Posted on October 28, 2016 by igplotzk

Today’s focus: Paradise. But first, an unfortunate update on our Sukkah. We enjoyed it from Sunday, Oct. 16 through the following Friday evening. Then the winds came. Big winds. Next morning, I saw that the bamboo mat was lying in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam, Bereishit, creation, Eden, Eve, Maimonides, paradise, pardes, Star Trek, The Lovely Bones, Twilight Zone | Leave a comment

Rosh Hashanah

Posted on October 2, 2016 by igplotzk

5777! Wow! That means this is the start of the 18th year of Torah Portion Humor! WOOHOO!!! Since the numerical values of the letters that spell “life,” het and yud, add up to 18, I’ll take that as a good omen. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 10 Days of Penitence, akedah, apple and honey, creation, Genesis, Hagar, Hannah, Isaac, Ishmael, Jeremiah, New Year, Rachel, Rosh Hashanah, round challah, Samuel, Sarah, shofar, tashlich, Yom HaDin, Yom Teruah | Leave a comment

Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8)

Posted on October 9, 2015 by igplotzk

There’s something about switching from a largely unscheduled summer to a new fall schedule plus holiday activities (including miserable weather for most of Sukkot) plus having to make up tasks I let go because of said holidays (7 weekdays’ worth) … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam, Babylonian Talmud Mishnah Sanhedrin 37a, Bereishit, chaos, creation, creation ex nihilo, Eden, Eve, Genesis, Imitatio Dei, in the image of God, Julius Guttman, Nehama Leibowitz, order, Radak, Ramban, Rashi, Solomon Dubno | Leave a comment

Shemini Atzeret, V’zot HaBracha (Deut. 33:1-34:12), Simchat Torah, Bereishit (Gen. 1:1-6: 8)

Posted on October 15, 2014 by igplotzk

Today is Hoshana Rabbah, the 7th day of Sukkot, the very end of the penitential season (according to the Zohar, the decree sealed on Yom Kippur isn’t delivered until Hoshana Rabbah). Unlike last year, I didn’t make it to synagogue … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam, Cain, creation, Deuteronomy, disobedience, Eden, Eve, Genesis, Hoshana Rabbah, Joshua, numbers, punishment, sacrifices, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, sin | Leave a comment

Shemini Atzeret, V’zot HaBracha (Deut. 33:1-34:12), Simchat Torah, Bereishit (Gen. 1:1-6: 8)

Posted on September 24, 2013 by igplotzk

Jon Stewart noted once on The Daily Show, “It’s Sukkot, which is the Hebrew word meaning, ‘how many holidays can Jews fit into one month?’” (http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-15-2008/intro—another-jewish-holiday ), a sentiment with which I am in total sympathy. My stress level is much … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam, atonement, creation, Deuteronomy, Eden, Eve, Hoshanah Rabbah, Jewish holidays, Jon Stewart, Joshua, Methuselah, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: creation

Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot, Hoshana Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah

Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8)

Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8)

Rosh Hashanah

Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8)

Shemini Atzeret, V’zot HaBracha (Deut. 33:1-34:12), Simchat Torah, Bereishit (Gen. 1:1-6: 8)

Shemini Atzeret, V’zot HaBracha (Deut. 33:1-34:12), Simchat Torah, Bereishit (Gen. 1:1-6: 8)

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