Sometimes it’s what Torah doesn’t say. Listen to Torah’s silence and she might reveal whole new worlds just waiting for you to hear them into being. With this week’s Parashat Terumah, Torah begins describing how Moses, Betzalel and their team will build the Mishkan. Chapter after detailed chapter, Torah specifies the metals, fabrics, dimensions, shapes, colors… Continue reading What Torah Doesn’t Say
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Building for Mobility: Spiritual Life on the Move
Part of a yearlong series on Torah’s wisdom about building and builders in Jewish spiritual life. So far, Builders Blog traced Torah’s first 18 portions, harvesting lessons about spiritual building from our spiritual ancestors’ lives and early journeys. Now in the 19th portion (Terumah) comes Torah’s building story par excellence, about building the Mishkan – the holy structure to… Continue reading Building for Mobility: Spiritual Life on the Move
The Vision Before You
Gmar chatimah tovah. It is so good to see each and every one of you on this holy vision-quest day of Yom Kippur. Vision is this year's spiritual theme. On Rosh Hashanah we explored Judaism's core truth that what's invisible often is more real than what's visible, that how we see the world – optical… Continue reading The Vision Before You
Leave God Out Of Your Election Commentary
Roy Moore's first words after losing his U.S. Senate election in Alabama invoked Psalm 40 for God's control of the election. At the same time, my liberal friends and colleagues – who for years lamented "Bible beating" in the public square – jubilantly called Doug Jones' election victory a "Chanukkah miracle" that "proves a loving God." As… Continue reading Leave God Out Of Your Election Commentary
The Day After
The glass shattered. We can't stay: we've already been ejected from our land, the place that made us, our ancestral home. We don't know where we're going or how we'll get there. Today physically may look much the same as yesterday, but nothing is the same. We already left. We don't know where we're going… Continue reading The Day After
David Evan Markus 