Making Magic with a Sabbath-ing Spell Letting flames dance and glow warmth in and upon the eyes – Shabbat. Letting scents and senses stir fancy and fantasy – Shabbat. Letting sips sit under tongue and fork rest between bites – Shabbat. Letting song speak and sparkle, settle and sink in – Shabbat. Letting looks linger and glances embrace – Shabbat. Savoring steps instead of ‘saving time’ – Shabbat. Here and now, hinei, how good it is to just be, together. All good, all godly,

I. Wait, did I miss it? Welcoming kids home from college Engaging projects for work and at home; Caught a few pops and fireworks In the distance out the window on the eve of 2016. Then there was that thing with the kitchen sink and my Torah-time slipped right by. Meantime, mean time, the scroll rolls on Genesis slips into Exodus, enter and exit, blessed family reunion replaced by a new set, a new pharaoh and a nation enslaved. Back to the departure lane in the airport. Life’s