Consider the Source
I was a young teen when my mother a”h told me that, if I didn’t say Pitum ha’Ketoret, “the incense prayer,” I wouldn’t find a husband. I recognized the irony … Continue Reading →
Category: Intertextual Musings
Blot Me Out of Your Book
In loving memory of my mother, Judith Kaufman Hurwich a”h “Language most shows a man: speak that I may see thee. It springs out of the most retired and inmost … Continue Reading →
When Mercy Seasons Justice
A Daniel come to judgement! yea, a Daniel! The Merchant of Venice, IV.i.218 Shylock’s triumphant interjection is an overt, if ironic, reference to Belshazzar’s Feast in Daniel 5. Posing as … Continue Reading →
Of Man’s First Disobedience
In loving memory of my mother, Judith Kaufman Hurwich a”h לֹא עָלֶיךָ הַמְּלָאכָה לִגְמוֹר, וְלֹא אַתָּה בֶן חוֹרִין לִבָּטֵל מִמֶּנָּה. פרקי אבות 2:21 “It is not incumbent upon you to … Continue Reading →
From the Plains of Moab to Pemberley
He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal. If we traverse more than three millennia from the plains of Moab to Longbourn, the Bennet … Continue Reading →