Word Prompt – MELT – Cecelia Margules
It is a metaphor for a world experiencing a severe meltdown of morals and rationality. A dangerous, combustible situation, spreading everywhere.
Word Prompt – FOUR – Cecelia Margules
Four extraordinary mothers, women that shaped and molded our Judaic history.
Word Prompt – SHIRA – Ruchama Feuerman
I’d been singing Birkat HaMazon since childhood. I never had stopped to consider how it sounded to others. Which is the best way to sing of all. Now I sing all the time. On or off tune, I don’t know or care.
Word Prompt – MIRIAM – Daniel Finkelman
When the Jews crossed the Sea of Reeds and the Egyptians didn’t, Miriam whipped out her tambourine. She played, sang and danced with the other women.
Word Prompt – KITTEL – Rochelle Brand
On all of the occasions that a kittel is worn it symbolizes beginning life again with a clean slate and with the commitment to continue pursuing a higher level of spirituality.
Word Prompt – IDF – Sara Blau
When I think of IDF, I think of exceptional, special spiritual powers.
Word Prompt – MITZVOT – Asher Yablok
There are the three mitzvot that are designated as signs, milah, Shabbos and tefillin, which serve as constant reminders of our unique relationship with Hashem via our bodies, our actions and our thoughts.
Word Prompt – EMES – Adina Broder
Since real truth is unique to Hashem, the word emes is considered Hashem’s seal or signature.
Word Prompt – DIRGE – Shlomo Zuckier
The word dirge has an odd etymology. It originally stems from the Latin imperative root dirige, meaning direct!
Word Prompt – FLEISHIG – Eli Lebowicz
Deciding to be fleishig is a tough commitment to make. And it’s pretty similar to the same fear of commitment that many people have (and often more so guys) when it comes to dating.
Word Prompt – GEVALT – Bari Mitzmann
As an influencer who speaks to many women on a daily basis, I find myself saying "oy" when someone shares an unfortunate situation with me. I guess it's my version of "oy gevalt" without the gevalt.
Word Prompt – MELECH – Francis Nataf
Even if we have a theoretical understanding of the sort of mighty and absolute monarch used as a metaphor for G-d, it is very distant from our actual experience.
Word Prompt – SARDINES – Adena Berkowitz
Packed with protein, Omega 3-a, Vitamin D, iron, calcium. B-12, magnesium, zinc. Improves bone, brain, eyes, heart health and eases inflammation.
Word Prompt – LEAVES – Ita Yankovich
It’s heartening to see the once virid foliage turn crackly and dull, but this is requisite needed for its overall survival.
Word Prompt – BITACHON – Yisroel Picker
We have bitachon that our bid on a new home will get accepted. We have bitachon that our child gets accepted into the school that they are applying to. That isn’t bitachon.
Word Prompt – MEMORY – Ana Mandelbaum
The Torah’s commandment to remember is about shaping the future. The Holocaust and October 7 teach us that the world can change in an instant – and that if we don’t take history seriously, it will repeat itself.
Word Prompt – SPRING – Ann Koffsky
Spring is also allergy season. Time to stock up on the Zyrtec. For some reason, this always surprises me and feels terribly unjust. Why, oh why, just as things are getting so beautiful do I also have to feel goopy and miserable?
Word Prompt – ZEALOUS – Esther Shulkes
In our comics, the zealotry of Batman keeps Gotham safe, and in our Torah, lehavdil, the zealotry of Pinchas ultimately saved lives and resulted in peace.
Word Prompt – TECHIYAS HAMEISIM – Gershon Schusterman
Although the Talmud implies that there are exceptions to this rule, nevertheless, I state unequivocally: Every single Jew will ultimately be resurrected!
Word Prompt – SEPARATION – Ziona Greenwald
Failing to distinguish between categories leads to a blurring of values, such as the Harvard professor who wrote a whole book about how animals are just as important as people or the Spanish philosopher who posits that plants have feelings, too.
Word Prompt – RAM – Chaya Sima Koenigsberg
They say Hashem provides the cure before the disease; sometimes, like Avraham Avinu, we need only open our eyes and acknowledge how Hashem has placed those who can help us within our midst.
Word Prompt – JUDAICA – Bari Mitzmann
Each of us must ask: is this Judaica enriching my practice or serving as a status symbol? Does it deepen my joy in the mitzvah, or overshadow it?
Word Prompt – MOED – Martin Bodek
Whatever we think, whatever we do, whatever direction our hearts point us to as we come to this yahrzeit, let’s be sure to fill it all with meaning.
Word Prompt – WALLS – Bin Goldman
Just as Hashem opened Himself to be witnessed, we too have the sacred capacity to truly be there for each other. We can create space to hold another's story – their struggles and their greatness – even if we can never fully understand.
Word Prompt – SANHEDRIN – Shlomo Litvin
Instead of the lofty goal of creating a Sanhedrin with the intent of creating consensus and unity, we could start the other way around. Start off with achdus, and a global movement to increase ahavas Yisrael among our people.
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