Category: Scripture

Lamentations, Tisha B’av and 2020

Vardibidian    July 30, 2020 July 30, 2020    Comments Off on Lamentations, Tisha B’av and 2020

In Which Your Humble Blogger lay down and wept, and wept, and wept, for thee, Zion.

Numbers, numbers, numbers

Vardibidian    May 27, 2020 May 27, 2020    1 Comment on Numbers, numbers, numbers

In Which Your Humble Blogger could also have worked something about counting the omer, but yeesh it's already a thousand words innit.

Lag B’Omer, In These Dark Times

Vardibidian    May 12, 2020 May 12, 2020    Comments Off on Lag B’Omer, In These Dark Times

In Which Your Humble Blogger takes a deep breath, thank goodness.

Present Imperfect, Passover edition

Vardibidian    April 9, 2020 April 9, 2020    1 Comment on Present Imperfect, Passover edition

In Which Your Humble Blogger directs the imagination back, not forward, which is perhaps at least a little bit easier.

Jonah, every year

Vardibidian    October 8, 2019 October 8, 2019    Comments Off on Jonah, every year

In Which Your Humble Blogger leaves out that 'Jonah' means 'dove', and what Jonah has in common with the other dove that experiences a Scriptural storm at sea is left as an exercise for the reader.

Tisha B’Av

Vardibidian    August 13, 2019 August 13, 2019    Comments Off on Tisha B’Av

In Which Your Humble Blogger missed it.

Eli and Hannah, and stopping acting like a schmuck

Vardibidian    September 10, 2018 September 10, 2018    Comments Off on Eli and Hannah, and stopping acting like a schmuck

In Which Your Humble Blogger has experience in these matters.

Martin on Kohelet

Vardibidian    January 15, 2018 March 9, 2018    Comments Off on Martin on Kohelet

In Which Your Humble Blogger believes in being headed somewhere, so long as we don’t fool ourselves into believing we’re getting somewhere.

Judah, Judah, Judah

Vardibidian    December 15, 2017 March 9, 2018    Comments Off on Judah, Judah, Judah

In Which Your Humble Blogger had never previously imagined Cary Grant as Mattithias/Matisyahu but is now far too amused.