Notes from a Jewish Thoreau

Musings, insights, stories and nature observations from a Hasidic Jew living in the Great North Woods.
(And respectfully seeking to help my fellow Jews recover from "Nature Deficit Disorder.")

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Sunday, November 16, 2014

The Jewish view of cats

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While checking the traffic sources for this blog today, I noticed that somebody got here by searching for "Jewish view of cats....

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Blood Moon was beautiful on the morning before Sukkot starts, 5775

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Tonight the Festival of Sukkot (booths) begins. Because the Jewish calendar is lunar, Sukkot always begins on a full moon. So nothing u...

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Friday, December 21, 2012

No end of the world today

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According to an old Mayan prophecy, the world was supposed to end at 5:11 AM today. (In my time zone at least.) Well, it's 12:00 noo...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Coolio Cat and Nightshade: Did their love transcend death?

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Do bonds of friendship between animals survive death? This is an interesting question that may not be provable with hard evidence, but I be...

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Crickets chirping: That sweet, sad sound of summer's end

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NOTE (added July 22, 2015): My blog stats show that people keep getting here by searching for pages about crickets chirping in spring. Cri...

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Yonassan Gershom: I follow the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, but am not affiliated with any particular group, having learned the Breslov way from his books and by meditation in the forest as he taught. I live in northern Minnesota with my wife Caryl, 1 goose, 8 cats, a flock of chickens and a bunch of wildlife. No, there is no synagogue here. We hate the city and few Jews live in the country anymore. But no problem, God is everywhere!

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