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A Gentile's Journey

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A Gentile's Journey · 2Y ago

פסח (Passover) & being the 4th child

פסח (Passover) came & went while my mother & I were moving so here I am making a short & belated post. Reflecting on the פסח just gone reminds me of just how little I know. I consider myself like the 4th child of the הגדה (Haggadah), the “One who doesn’t know enough to ask [....
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A Gentile's Journey · 2Y ago

In Memory of Plowie My Father עליו השלום

Tonight marks one month (Hebrew calendar) since the death of my beloved father John Plowman (AKA Plowie) עליו השלום. My father was a loving & gentle man who loved to bring a smile to the faces of others, a trait that served him well in his time as an amateur actor. He was a great [...]
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A Gentile's Journey · 2Y ago

Candles for שבת (Shabbat)

As I foreshadowed in an earlier post I lit candles for the שבת (Shabbat) before פורים (Purim). This being a beginning for me I wasn’t quite on the ball enough to light them before sunset (but did make before dark). Nor can I have my eyes closed for the prayer until I have it to [...]
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A Gentile's Journey · 2Y ago

פורים (Purim)...

This Sunday brings us to the festival of פורים (Purim/aka Feast of Ester), celebrated on אדר 14 (Adar 14 in the Hebrew calendar) which I’ve been looking forward to since I first read of it in Judaism for Dummies a few months back. Part of the פורים tradition is to get so drunk you don’t ...
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A Gentile's Journey · 2Y ago

פורים (Purim)

This Sunday brings us to the festival of פורים (Purim/aka Feast of Ester), celebrated on אדר 14 (Adar 14 in the Hebrew calendar) which I’ve been looking forward to since I first read of it in Judaism for Dummies a few months back. Part of the פורים tradition is to get so drunk you don’t ...
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A Gentile's Journey · 2Y ago

Standing on the Edge

Listening to (the repeat of) Rachael Kohn interviewing Rabbi Brad Hirschfield (blog) on The Spirit of Things yesterday brought a tear to my eye a couple of times. However it wasn’t only emotionally affecting, it also provoked my thinking about what the journey of exploring יהדת (Judaism) is ab...
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A Gentile's Journey · 2Y ago

Don’t Laugh. This is serious… I think.

This limited release is a 13% alcohol by volume brew produced for the 13th anniversary (hence Bar Mitzvah) of the Shmaltz Brewing Company. It’s certified כשרת (kashrut/kosher), as are all Shmaltz beers, although being beer it’s definitely not כסרת for פשח (Pesach/Passover). I suspect the...
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A Gentile's Journey · 2Y ago

שבת שלום (Shabbat Shalom)

Shabbat Dinner Shabbat Blessings For the last week I have enjoyed the gift & blessing of having מרים אוהבתאל עירין (Miriam Ohevetel Iron) as a guest in my home. The high point was שבת (Shabbat)gl when מרים prepared a שבת dinner for my mother & I. Given I don’t keep a Jewish pantry it w...
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A Gentile's Journey · 2Y ago

שבת שלום (Shabbat Shalom)...

Shabbat Dinner Shabbat Blessings For the last week I have enjoyed the gift & blessing of having מרים אוהבתאל עירין (Miriam Ohevetel Iron) as a guest in my home. The high point was שבת (Shabbat)gl when מרים prepared a שבת dinner for my mother & I. Given I don’t keep a Jewish pantry it...
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A Gentile's Journey · 2Y ago

Why Judaism?

I’m just back the Woodford Folk Festival where I met singer & peace activist מרים אוהבתאל עירון (Miriam OhevetEL Iron). In one conversation Miriam pressed me hard on the question “Why Judaism?” Here is what came of that. For longer than I can remember I have been interested in ...
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