by danya | Sep 12, 2007 | Blog
R. Hillel Chayim Yisraeli, part of my extended Jerusalem chevre, has decided to teach the internet how to blow a shofar. Now you can learn, too. Shana tovah u’metukah! A sweet and wonderful New Year!
by danya | Sep 9, 2007 | Blog
I’m still here, just buried under a gigantic pile of High Holy Day prep stuff. If I’m not going over liturgy or working on divrei Torah (sermons), these days, I’m usually in class or meeting with my rabbinic partner in the High Hoy Day services...
by danya | Sep 5, 2007 | Blog
Well, the first day of school was yesterday. Granted, we didn’t have regular classes–there was a Yom Iyyun (study day on a particular topic), but I also had a class last night, so I feel officially indoctrinated into my last year of rab school. I’ll...
by danya | Sep 3, 2007 | Blog
Being away was lovely. We got up to the Central Coast for a few days of just good, old-fashioned relaxing. Some highlights: The fabulous health food store/cafe that turned out to have the only all-vegetarian menu in the area–after the yummy lunch Thursday, we...
by danya | Aug 30, 2007 | Blog
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)...
