Yeshua Tolle
from My Commonplace Book (buying tears)
Abram Sachar on how Jews were forced to "buy" the right to weep over the ruined Temple
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Yeshua Tolle
Oct 272 min read
Shabbat Reading: Barbarism with a Human Face
Lévy makes the case that any abstract “good” hatched in the minds of intellectuals inevitably contains a seed of totalitarianism.
Yeshua Tolle
Oct 202 min read
Shabbat Reading: What Is This Jewish Heritage?
Lewisohn’s short book aims to stir the soul of its readers to an appreciation of the Jewish heritage.
Yeshua Tolle
Oct 161 min read
from My Commonplace Book (no kindlessness)
"What is it to be human? Nothing abstract."
Yeshua Tolle
Oct 131 min read
Publication: The Mystery of Kol Nidrei
My second blog for Times of Israel draws a connection between the shofar and the mysterious, powerful Kol Nidrei text for Yom Kippur.
Yeshua Tolle
Oct 31 min read
Publication: Joy and Judgment on Rosh Hashanah
My first blog at Times of Israel is a reflection on the duality of joy and judgment in the Rosh Hashanah prayers.
Yeshua Tolle
Sep 281 min read
Shabbat Reading: S. Y. Agnon's Days of Awe
Fusing together passages from 300 books, Days of Awe explores the High Holidays in their grand meaning and loveliest intricacies.
Yeshua Tolle
Sep 211 min read
Shabbat Reading: Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
There is no book in the English language more charming than The Wind in the Willows.
Yeshua Tolle
Sep 141 min read
Shabbat Reading: Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is as delightfully strange as its adaptations. What I couldn’t anticipate was its dreamlike calm.
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