Calligraphy
It’s a look that makes her quail inside, though she’s used to it, though she’s stood her own before and will do it again.
Seven Spheres
How does the act of counting serve as a cleansing agent? What is the meaning of the prayer’s reference to “today’s Sefirah”? And what is the “Omer” in “Sefiras Ha’omer”?
Calligraphy
How it worked: A client faces an empty chair, imagines his demon sitting in it, and speaks his thoughts and feelings with no filters
Profiles
It’s a tough interview to conduct, since Rebbetzin Ackerman can’t quite figure out why I consider her achievements noteworthy
I brushed off all of my crumbs so many times, I thought. I washed all of my toys. Had it all been for nothing? After all that, we had chometz — bread! — in our house!
Profiles
As I enter the waiting room of the Rebbe of Sanz-Klausenberg, I get my first signs that the inhabitant of this building has a very different currency, one far more eternal than th ...
