utterly exhausted at the moment... i should be sleeping, but there is too much to do. Its another Talmud tuesday and I'm going to be busy until dinner, after which we are leading dancing, and then hopefully working on my Hebrew compositions before crashing. Then tomorrow will be a usual long Wednesday... I'm planning on getting a decent amount of ( Read more... )

any thoughts on the fact that the JPS Tanakh translates Bereshit 8:21 as: "...since the devisings of man's mind are evil from his youth"... are we inherently evil?

i am often awed and amazed by the many ways through which we can find meaning in life... or find "G-d" in life... often in ways that some might not expect - like Levinas' idea.

bubbly

I find it interesting that according to the artscroll Tanach, only Adam is banished from Gan Eden... at least the Hebrew reflects a singluar masculine.. but then he knows Eve, so maybe he pulled her out of there with him? Or maybe G-d knew that Eve would be senisble enough not to make the mistake of eating from the Tree of Life and therefore only ( Read more... )

this is turning into a fairly hectic week... with definitely not enough sleep. at the moment i feel slightly more on top of academic work - since i have figured what i need to accomplish today, but i still feel behind. With regard to other things, i spent quality time with friends yesterday which was very much appreciated. I also appreciate ( Read more... )

excited at the moment... friends got engaged, friends had a baby, i'm going to Israel - downside that i'm not going home until Pesach, but still... hopefully i'll actually be able to get some work done today...

this past week was fairly hectic... what with the Talmud midterm, the Hebrew Midterm, the History of Israel Midterm, the French oral, and I think that there might have been a French test last week too, but i don't really remember any more... but, now that most of that is taken care of, its time to get back to work, and sleep - hopefully. Yesterday ( Read more... )

worst zionism paper ever!

it is much difficult to focus on the vast amount of work before me when these issues without resolve keep dancing through my head.