Why do people in the Torah keep building altars?

The drama. Twins are born that was last week. This week one twin is to marry one sister ends up with the other sister!

Join us as we discuss this week’s Torah portion where Avraham needs to acquire a burial ground for Sarah. Emily Dickinson explores the idea of the unbearable, lightness of being that is Sarah - that is a funeral - that is each of us.

Parshat Noach? Meet Carl Sandburg.

His poem, “Languages” speaks to the dispersal of humankind as they seek to unify as one building a tower to reach the sky. What were they thinking!?

Join us as we discuss an episode at the very end of this week’s Torah portion, the fallen angels! Theophile Gautier pens a perplexing poem, “Farewell to Poetry” - “Come, fallen Angel…”

Herman Melville the great American novelist captures the experience of the whale. He also writes a poem almost precisely the words of the profit Jonah. Join us! For this Yom Kippur podcast.

What is this thing we do called repentance? Must really be hard on ourselves? Mary Oliver would like us to be kind. Join us for the poem and in this case the high holidays!

Thunder would follow me all my days, stern reminder and sharp rebuke.

The Resting of the Land. Shabbat Ha’retz. Thinking about Sabbath. Emily Dickinson…

The Torah portion that talks about the resting of the land in the seventh year and in year 50. Emily Dickinson. What does it mean to observe a Sabbath? Her poem? Some keep the sabbath going to church I keep it, staying at home.