In writing this interpretation of the Tefilat HaDerech, the Traveler’s Prayer, (originally found in the Talmud Berakhot 29b and appearing in siddurim by the 16th century) I realized how universal the images of traveler, path, and journey are. Every moment, we face the unknown because each moment is truly new. It never existed before. We might be … More »
Covenant Without the Will of God
May 1, 2013
Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg creates a covenantal Judaism — without God — based on a deep mutuality and interdependence, “where we are agents of causes that can have wholesome or unwholesome consequences.”
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