Eleazar, Rabbi

We have already told you the wonderful story of Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai, whose Yahrzeit is celebrated on LaG B'Omer. We will now tell you some interesting things about his son Rabbi Elazar, for he too, is remembered by us on this day. Didn't he, with his ...

Passing of the Talmudic sage Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.

If you chance upon a bird's nest, in any tree or on the ground, with fledglings or eggs, and the mother is sitting over the fledglings or on the eggs, do not take the mother together with her young. Let the mother go and take only the young... ...

I resent them for having this conversation while I am in the room. I cannot share their interest in fabrics and sizes and prices. I have come here to swim to encourage the pain to move through me . . .

Beneath all those longings and fears, beneath even the anticipation of honeyed blessings, lies—I sense—a deeper waiting . . .