by danya | Apr 9, 2007 | Blog
My friend Bear Bergman has brought my attention to a rather interesting poem by Qalonymos ben Qalonymos – a Hebrew writer and translator living in Spain, ca. 1322. I offer no commentary of my own, but rather leave that job to you. Translation by (I think) Tova...
by danya | Apr 1, 2007 | Blog
Like a lot of Yidden today, I’m tearing through my kitchen in a hot streak. I have the great fortune of not being responsible for any early Pesach cooking, so it’s just about cleaning, wiping, re-arranging, kashering (boiling certain utensils so that...
by danya | Mar 29, 2007 | Blog
My pre-Pesach cultural/theological preparation this week includes watching The Last Temptation of Christ. I haven’t seen it in about 10-12 years, though it was actually pretty important for me in college. That’s a whole other story. My goodness, what an...
by danya | Mar 29, 2007 | Blog
For the last year and a half or so, I’ve been meeting some friends once a month for Kiddush Levanah, the sanctification of the new moon. It’s great fun–we meet late Shabbat afternoon not long after the month has begun, do a little learning, and once...
by danya | Mar 27, 2007 | Blog
I think I’m done with the rough draft. More or less. I need to add two more paragraphs to the epilogue, but I’m fried like a fried thing and it’s not happening today. This afternoon is all about errands out in the three dimensions.
by danya | Mar 25, 2007 | Blog
Hot dang, I’m dangerously close to sewing up the first draft. 77,140 / 80,000(96.4%) That inching past 96% you see there is the result of my having worked Chapter Nine into the ground until it whimpered for mercy (or until I did; still not sure which.)...
