Harder to change your mind or have a change of heart? Word 14.

WORD: A Word a Week from the World’s Best Seller. Follow the Annual Torah Re-Run Series with Amichai Lau-Lavie’s Newest Year-Long Blog. To subscribe via email click here. To listen to the audio version click here.   play heavy כבד What’s harder-  change of heart or change of mind?  And how exactly are they different?  […]

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The Names We Don’t Remember. Word 13

WORD: A Word a Week from the World’s Best Seller. Follow the Annual Torah Re-Run Series with Amichai Lau-Lavie’s Newest Year-Long Blog. To subscribe via email click here. To listen to the audio version click here.   play Names  שמות I didn’t remember her name. But I knew her face and stopped to say hello, […]

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Before Birthright – there was Deathright? Burial in Zion. Word #12

WORD: A Word a Week from the World’s Best Seller. Follow the Annual Torah Re-Run Series with Amichai Lau-Lavie’s Newest Year-Long Blog. To subscribe via email click here. To listen to the audio version click here.   play Burial קבר Death is  big business. Especially, as I have learnt this week, in Israel.  Hundreds of […]

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Saying God is Great isn’t Always Such a Great Idea. Word #11

WORD: A Word a Week from the World’s Best Seller. Follow the Annual Torah Re-Run Series with Amichai Lau-Lavie’s Newest Year-Long Blog. To subscribe via email click here. To listen to the audio version click here. play GOD  אלהים “It was God’s will” is a terrible thing to say to the bereaved no matter the intention. Piety […]

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