by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Mar 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
On the heels of Hakham Ovadiah Yosef’s recent espousal ofliberal views regarding women and Megillah – novel to some but not intrinsically newsworthy since he has been quite candid about his position on these issues for many, many years already –...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Feb 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Continuing our explanation of “The Door” from previous posts.When we left off our discussion, the escaped inmate’s newfound solace was disrupted by the sirens and flashing lights of approaching police. He runs as fast as he possibly can, wishing it...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Jan 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
A third brief installment of our analysis of “The Door”:His boss on the other hand patently unfazedFor they all knew it was a mistakeAnd he’d one day return to join them.The prisoner, having found freedom, reconnects not only with his love interest...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Jan 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Let us continue our analysis of “The Door” to further exemplify the poetic mode of expression and its interpretation. The next lines read:And back to his very own Waldorf Astorian hovelPerched gloriously amidst beer cans and metal detectors.We can gather...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
In his comment on the previous post, Rabbi Sacks expressed an inability to identify the ‘point of entry’ into poetry of the kind presented there. I must confess that for many years I had an aversion to this kind of poetry and that it took a decent amount...
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