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Archives for May 2015

The brain is wider than the sky.

May 26, 2015 by Micah Lapidus

I had a chance to share this beautiful poem with a group of 5th graders today in our outdoor nature sanctuary. What a magnificent piece of writing. Enjoy!      

Filed Under: Poetry

All I have to offer

May 24, 2015 by Micah Lapidus

A few years ago my colleagues and I wrote an opening prayer for t’fila at The Davis Academy middle school. It starts with the line, “All I have to offer in prayer is myself.” We recite it every time our Middle School community gathers for t’fila, but what does it mean. On the one hand […]

Filed Under: Jewish Teachings, People, Prayer, Spirituality

Making room for Shabbat

May 22, 2015 by Micah Lapidus

    Behold our dining room table:     Tonight we pushed back some of the stuff of daily life to make room for Shabbat. Hence our dining room table is 1/2 Shabbat and 1/2 the stuff of daily life. Two kids, two jobs, Amazon prime, birthday party supplies, unpacking from recent Israel trip: the […]

Filed Under: Daily Life, Holidays, Judaism, Uncategorized

Do you have a Torah to teach?

May 22, 2015 by Micah Lapidus

Between undergrad and rabbinical school I spent two years working at the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale. I thought it wise to spend some time working in the Jewish community after college and before embarking on the path to officially becoming a rabbi. Every aspect of those two years was a blessing. One […]

Filed Under: Daily Life, People, Relationships

Bamidbar– the wilderness and the word

May 21, 2015 by Micah Lapidus

This week’s Torah portion is Bamidbar. It’s the first portion of the Book of Numbers. Bamidbar means “wilderness.” For 40 years, the Israelites wandered both literally and metaphorically through the wilderness of Egypt on their way to Canaan. Today we do the same. We wander through the wilderness of uncertainty. We wander through the wilderness of […]

Filed Under: Jewish Teachings, Torah

10 Things I saw in Israel that I hope to never forget

May 20, 2015 by Micah Lapidus

1) The sea turtle swimming off the shore of Rosh HaNikra. 2) The man playing violin for our kids in Tzfat. 3) The peacock, plumage on display, at Kibbutz Gonen. 4) The two UN soldiers somberly sipping coffee at Mt. Bental. 5) The baby Ibex on the road to Ein Avdat. 6) The carpentry in […]

Filed Under: Israel, Lists

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