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Very Demure. Very Mindful.
Very Demure. Very Mindful.

There’s a recent ridiculous trend about being “Very demure. Very mindful.”

I don’t know the context, but you don’t have to, to get that someone is poking fun at our society at large.

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There is Big T Truth and little t truth. 
There is Big T Truth and little t truth. 

How confused in the world do you feel right now?

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Feeling Bitter?
Feeling Bitter?

Maror is the bitter food we eat on Passover to remind us of, you guessed it, the bitterness of our once upon an enslavement.

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Listen To Her Voice, Listen To Yours
Listen To Her Voice, Listen To Yours

“The life of Sara” is the portion in which she dies. Avraham buries her, he cries too. Sara, our foremother, says the Zohar, is a metaphor for the body, Avraham, our forefather, the soul. The body is buried, the soul carries on (literally).

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Living With the Times
Living With the Times

Living with the times is synthesizing the weekly Parsha into my life.

My high-school Chumash teachers tried this with a corny section on their tests entitled,

“From where do you learn”—

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The Burning Bush
The Burning Bush

In this week's Parsha, Shemot, Moses meets G-d.

Uncommonly, in a burning thorn bush.

The bush burns but it does not get consumed. "V'hasneh Anenu Ukal"

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Hi, I’m Dena.

Hi, I’m Dena. I am working on my prose, story arc, and becoming a more emotional and descriptive writer, in the meantime I share my cerebral thoughts. I hope you enjoy them. And enjoy the journey as I become a better writer.

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