Linda Kriger
By Linda Kriger
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News Blessing of the Sun: A Teachable Moment
Once a generation, every 28 years, Jews recite the Blessing of the Sun, the same prayer that is said upon seeing majestic mountains, seas, rivers and deserts: “Blessed are you, our God, King of the Universe, who effects the work of creation.” This is the moment that Jewish tradition says the sun returns to the…
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News Spiritual Path
My husband’s first gift when we began dating was a slim volume of Abraham Joshua Heschel’s classic work “The Sabbath.” It was his way of saying, “Welcome to my world.” And a different world it was. Here we were, two middle-aged people, who each had taken a Jewish journey for more than 40 years, facing…
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News Seeking Forgiveness
I barely spoke to my parents for two years before their deaths. After a longtime strained relationship, I didn’t call them and they didn’t call me. You could say we abandoned each other, but the duty for keeping in touch falls on the grown child and I didn’t do it. I’ve read many accounts of…
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