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		<title>Transgender Day Materials</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some notes on the Torah portion, Chayei Sarah, prepared in conjunction with Transgender Remembrance Day/Kabbalat Shabbat at Occupy K Street. Chayei Sarah and Transgender Remembrance And here is the liturgy Transgender Shabbat Liturgy Also Friday&#8217;s blog on Transgender &#8230; <a href="http://songeveryday.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/transgender-day-materials/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=songeveryday.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7001519&amp;post=2982&amp;subd=songeveryday&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chayei Sarah, Shabbat and Transgender Remembrance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1 – 25:18), begins: וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה, מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים&#8211;שְׁנֵי, חַיֵּי שָׂרָה And the life of Sarah was a hundred years and twenty years and seven years; these were the years of the life &#8230; <a href="http://songeveryday.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/chayei-sarah-shabbat-and-transgender-remembrance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=songeveryday.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7001519&amp;post=2971&amp;subd=songeveryday&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Whisper Will Be Heard&#8221;: Babel, the Wake and Echoes of Sukkkot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What went wrong at Babel, and how might the situation be redeemed? One answer, I think, is to be found in a whisper still reverberating from our shaky sukkot and the rustling of the lulav. In the Place Where We &#8230; <a href="http://songeveryday.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/a-whisper-will-be-hearda/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=songeveryday.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7001519&amp;post=2954&amp;subd=songeveryday&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Past, Present and Future in Teshuvah: Amichai, Zelda and the Pit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;The past is not a piece of jewelry sealed in a crystal box nor is it a snake preserved in a bottle of formaldehyde— The past trembles within the present when the present falls into a pit the past goes &#8230; <a href="http://songeveryday.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/zelda-amichai-bor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=songeveryday.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7001519&amp;post=2919&amp;subd=songeveryday&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Notes on Psalm 27</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Sources for Basic Commentary &#8212;Explanatory notes as well as a few thoughts on Psalm 27 in the penitential season from Machzor Lev Shalem &#8212; new Conservative machzor with many nice readings and commentaries. Machzor Lev Shalem is where I &#8230; <a href="http://songeveryday.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/notes-on-psalm-27/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=songeveryday.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7001519&amp;post=2912&amp;subd=songeveryday&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Remember Miriam: Process &amp; Patience in Parashat Ki Teitzei</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Remember what your God YHVH did to Miriam on the journey after you left Egypt.&#8221; &#8212; Deuteronomy/Devarim 24:9 &#8212; What is this personal remembrance doing in the midst of a portion which consists largely of commandment after commandment? And what &#8230; <a href="http://songeveryday.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/remember-miriam/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=songeveryday.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7001519&amp;post=2892&amp;subd=songeveryday&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sibling Prophets Together Before God</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on Clergy Beyond Borders&#8217; News/Views blog, June 9, 2011. Sibling prophets argue but find a way to remain together in the third Bible portion in our &#8220;wilderness&#8221; series. The reading &#8212; Numbers 8:1-12:16 &#8212; includes a &#8230; <a href="http://songeveryday.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/sibling-prophets-together-before-god/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=songeveryday.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7001519&amp;post=2895&amp;subd=songeveryday&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Didn&#8217;t Have to Be There: Prayer, Sinai and the Grateful Dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a great scene in a fairly silly movie, called Must Love Dogs: The struggling divorced man played by John Cusack is obsessed with the movie Doctor Zhivago. He watches it over and over at home and then drags the &#8230; <a href="http://songeveryday.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/you-didnt-have-to-be-there/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=songeveryday.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7001519&amp;post=2868&amp;subd=songeveryday&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Body and Soul: Expanding Morning Prayers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 17:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have heard it said, frequently from the bima of Temple Micah (Washington, DC), that a proliferation of words doesn&#8217;t always aid prayer. Rabbi Danny Zemel has often said that his own preference would be to choose just a few &#8230; <a href="http://songeveryday.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/beyond-body-and-soul-expanding-morning-prayers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=songeveryday.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7001519&amp;post=2836&amp;subd=songeveryday&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Felonious Faith?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some years ago, Jewish Lights published an anthology of Jewish mystery/detective fiction called Criminal Kabbalah (heartily recommended, BTW). The title is meant to be cute: the stories have nothing to do with kabbalist philosophy or practice. Soon, however &#8212; if &#8230; <a href="http://songeveryday.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/felonious-faith/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=songeveryday.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7001519&amp;post=2822&amp;subd=songeveryday&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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