How To #ColorTheOmer
So you’ve got a copy of Color the Omer, and you’re wondering whether there’s a “right” way to use it. Here’s an answer from illustrator Steve Silbert: If you don’t yet […]
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Color the Omer is here!
Mazal tov to Bayit builders Dr. Shari Berkowitz and Steve Silbert, whose collaboration brought Color The Omer to life and into print this week. Here’s an awesome piece about the […]
Graceful Optimism / Graceful Masculinity – Ki Tisa
Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. וַיִּשְׁמַע הָעָם, אֶת–הַדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה—וַיִּתְאַבָּלוּ; וְלֹא–שָׁתוּ אִישׁ עֶדְיוֹ, עָלָיו. The people heard this bad tiding and they […]
Graceful Companionship / Graceful Masculinity: Tetzaveh
Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ שֶׁמֶן זַיִת זָךְ כָּתִית–לַמָּאוֹר: לְהַעֲלֹת נֵר, תָּמִיד. And you will command the […]
Esther 2021: From Darkness to Light
Purim retold, weaving tradition’s Book of Esther with actual transcripts from modern politics and news events ripped from the headlines. Join Rabbi David Markus and Bayit for this audiovisual remix […]
A Graceful Table / Graceful Masculinity: Trumah
Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. וְשַׂמְתָּ אֶת-הַשֻּׁלְחָן, מִחוּץ לַפָּרֹכֶת, וְאֶת-הַמְּנֹרָה נֹכַח הַשֻּׁלְחָן, עַל צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן תֵּימָנָה; וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן–תִּתֵּן, עַל-צֶלַע צָפוֹן. You shall place the […]
The Lot of One Year: Liturgy, Poetry, and Art for Purim 2021
New from Bayit’s Liturgical Arts Working Group comes a collection of poems, prayers, and artwork for this pandemic Purim. Here are meditations on (the) last Purim, and on our many-layered […]
Graceful Forgiveness / Graceful Masculinity – Mishpatim
Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. וְאֵלֶּה, הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים, אֲשֶׁר תָּשִׂים, לִפְנֵיהֶם. And these are the judgments that you shall place before them. (Exodus […]
Graceful Emulation / Graceful Masculinity – Beshallah
Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. As their Egyptian oppressors are swallowed up by the sea, Israel bursts into exultant song. It is […]
Graceful Consolation / Graceful Masculinity: Va’eira
Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה כֵּן, אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל; וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ, אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, מִקֹּצֶר רוּחַ, וּמֵעֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה. But when Moses told this […]