Recharge

If sweeping away all leaven symbolizes freedom, then maybe the Omer is a time to fill ourselves with that which truly leavens.

Finding divine companionship on an uncertain journey.

Why should the Omer, a period of harvesting a staple crop, have become a time of mourning?

Each act of creativity is a direct challenge to the forces of death and despair.

Brooding over a psalmist's question in the face of death.

On restoring the prestige of physical work.

It's the most frequently repeated commandment in the Torah, but what does it actually require?

Why the deposed queen is the under-appreciated heroine of Purim.

On Purim, we get a flavor of a redeemed world — and it is intoxicating.

Each generation carries the weight of previous generations, and the potential to transform that weight into something magnificent.

Despite the Torah's stern warning against oppressing the stranger, we still struggle to get this right.

When our ways of engaging God aren't working, we must find others.