August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Blog | 5 Comments
I have now successfully taken and passed the infamous Daf exam.
It actually wasn’t so bad, being quizzed on random sections of 50 dappim and having to hold forth on them. I felt good during the test (it was an oral test, with 3 members of faculty grilling me) and I feel, well, even better now.
One more test (on 10 dappim plus commentaries–Rishonim, Tosafot, etc–that happens in December) from now and they’re going to have to come up with a really, really good reason not to ordain me in May.
As for now, well, I’m going to the movies tonight and out of town for a few days starting tomorrow. Yay.
August 23, 2007 | Filed Under Blog | No Comments
Original site.
August 20, 2007 | Filed Under Blog | 1 Comment
Well, new to me, anyway. My friend and teacher Rabbi Alan Abrams is a hospital chaplain who is now in the process of learning how to train other hospital chaplains. Turns out he’s been blogging (nobody ever tells me anything!) for a while. You can read his thoughtful musings on the caregiver life over here.
August 10, 2007 | Filed Under Blog | No Comments
This week’s joy has been thrown for a loop by a family emergency, now taken its course. I’m sad, grieving and exhausted now, flying back to the West Coast tomorrow with a heavy heart.
Not really in the mood to share details just now.
August 6, 2007 | Filed Under Blog | 8 Comments
I am now completely, totally, incontrovertably, excessively, blessedly married.
It was a lovely day. Even though was bit overcast and chilly/rainy, so there was only a little bit of bootyshaking (fortunately, it didn’t start being really rainy until we were in for lunch), it was just wonderful. It was the teeny tiny wedding we had both wanted, in a gorgeous location (there were redwoods) with all of the ritual bits just right, acting exactly as they should have, doing exactly what they were supposed to have. The rituals did their job and then some. I’m so grateful to all the people who were there for helping to make it happen.
I may write more about all this (and maybe post a picture or two when people get around to emailing me some–I have nothing at the moment) in a few days, once the dust has settled a bit. It’s been a week of getting this to happen (not to mention a lot of months with a Sisyphusian errands list, etc.) and I’m going to need to get back to ensuring that I don’t humiliate myself too badly on this Talmud test that’s taking place in a few weeks. But the next few days are about being en route with and enjoying my sweetie, like they should be.
