In the midst of a discussion about how many people are called to the Torah for aliyot on various occasions, today’s daf offers a surprising statement that women, as well as men, can be called to the Torah for an aliyah, but then adds an immediate qualifier that effectively prevents
All Hallows Evening Prayer is a service of worship in the evening for all pilgrims on the journey to the heavenly city. Whatever happens in the year ahead, good or bad, let us steadfastly trust in God’s goodwill toward us. The Scripture reading for this Sunday is John 1: 10-18
Or should it be forgiveness versus retaliation? The definitions of the terms used in this article are taken from the Cambridge English Dictionary. Anger is “a strong feeling that makes you want to hurt someone or be unpleasant because of something unfair or unkind that has happened; to make someone
I received a wonderful Christmas gift from a dear friend a few days ago. First, I opened a lovely brass bell. Then a framed quotation from Alfred Tennyson’s famous song, Ring Out Wild Bells. She chose just these few ending lines: Ring in the valiant men and free,
Back in the early 2010s, I used to volunteer my eyesight to a woman who was in her late 80s and increasingly experiencing blindness. During our sessions, she would often say things like, “I wonder how this medicine affects my eyesight,” or “I wonder how memory loss works.” I would
1. Introductions to the classical doctrine of the Incarnation fall at the first hurdle when they begin by attempting to explain how two can be one, or how Jesus may be said to possess two things of various kinds—natures, wills, minds, personalities. Some of these options are wrong a priori
Why don’t we live more like Jesus taught and showed us how we should live? Among the reasons is the power that sin exercises in our lives. We may have been born again but we are not free of our old self, from our inclination to rebel against God.
By B.J. Funk – Before leaving for a lengthy trip, I drove into the crowded gas station. All of the pumps were filled, so I pulled my car to be second in line. Our cars were facing, head-to-head, because my fuel tank was on the opposite side from hers. No