Is a more traditional shape and process for my written words. It explores the linear
form.
"I would not
have been a poet except that I have been in love and alive in this mortal world, or
an essayist except that I have been bewildered and afraid, or a storyteller had I not heard
stories passing to me through the air, or a writer at all except I have been wakeful at night and
words have come to me out of their deep caves needing to be remembered."
Chavruta o Matuta!
The Talmud goes
so far as to say, "chavruta o matuta" -- a study partner or death. "Death" in
this context means wasting time and opportunities.
A chavruta is a
study-partner. Learning first in a large group and then in pairs, we will unpack
hidden meanings in texts about God, God’s love for us, our love for each other and what
Kedushah (holiness) is all about. If there has been a reason for me to cultivate this space it was
so that I may interact with you, my chavrutas, so that we can explore Kedushah. Where I fail to
convey the depth of this in my work and deeds, or if I never meet you in this life, let me feel the
lack.
1. Andreas
