Nachman Davies, at The Blogs

Sep 22, 2021, 10:28 PM

According to the text of Vayikra 23:43, the commandment to dwell in sukkot (booths/shelters) is observed: “In order that future generations will know that I made the children of Israel live in booths when I brought them out of the...

Aug 9, 2021, 7:48 AM

Elul: Hide and Seek for Contemplative Jews

Each year we enter into a period of deep reflection and prayer which begins with the month of Elul. In Aramaic, 'elul' means 'search'. For those of us who are engaged in active contemplative practice, the process is rather like the...

Sep 25, 2020, 4:05 PM

Yom Kippur 2020: For Those Davening Alone and at Home

Many of us will have chosen to daven alone this year because of a concern to protect human life. Some of us will be deeply saddened by this situation. But it may be that this turn of events can...

Sep 18, 2020, 10:08 AM

A Jew is never alone – A 2020 Vision for Rosh HaShanah

This year, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the global Jewish community is not only saddened by the need to surrender many of the usual consolations of congregational worship — Halachic considerations make online broadcasts during Shabbos and Yom Tov impossible...

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Nachman Davies is an author, copy editor, and Jewish Contemplative. After a lifetime working as a composer and school music teacher in UK, Jakarta, and Singapore: he became totally deaf, bought a cave house in Spain, and began a twelve year experiment in living an observant yet solitary life as a full time contemplative practitioner. He made aliyah in 2019 and now lives in Tsfat in Northern Israel. (His personal website "Jewish Contemplatives" can be viewed at https://jewishcontemplatives.blogspot.com )

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