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		<title>&#8220;The Season of Our Joy&#8221; and Seasonal Affective Disorder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Often, in this blog, I try to share the hope and comfort that Judaism provides for me. Today, though, there will be none of that. I am writing about Sukkot, which is just behind us, because, for me, it is the harbinger of a season of despair.
I dread Sukkot during most years. In addition to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boreihoshech.wordpress.com&blog=5360464&post=459&subd=boreihoshech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://boreihoshech.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/the-season-of-our-joy-and-seasonal-affective-disorder/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Under a Fragile Thatched Roof,&#8221; by Rabbi Simcha Raphael, Ph.D.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw this posted online, and received permission from the author, Rabbi Simcha Raphael, PhD, to repost here. I thought it was a strikingly beautiful tribute to the holiday of Sukkot. Well done!

Under a Fragile Thatched Roof

Full-breasted mother moon
And a subtle glitter band
Of twinkling stars
Transparently peek through
From the heavenly spheres
To this temporary
Transient human realm
Naked, undefended [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boreihoshech.wordpress.com&blog=5360464&post=455&subd=boreihoshech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://boreihoshech.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/under-a-fragile-thatched-roof-by-rabbi-simcha-raphael-ph-d/</link>
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		<title>Teshuva and Psychotherapy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can write about teshuva through Hoshanah Rabbah, right? I sure hope so.
I used to struggle with the concept of teshuva, or repentance. All of the chest-beating, liturgical prostration, and communal wailing—what did it have to do with me? I believed that I was supposed to consider myself as an essentially good person. Convincing myself [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boreihoshech.wordpress.com&blog=5360464&post=445&subd=boreihoshech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://boreihoshech.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/teshuva-and-psychotherapy/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The Medicine Cabinet&#8221;: Essay in June 2009 Sh&#8217;ma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An anonymous essay of mine, titled &#8220;The Medicine Cabinet,&#8221; appears on page five of the June 2009 issue of Sh&#8217;ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility.
If you&#8217;re coming here from there, welcome! I have not had time to write new, content-heavy posts for this blog for far too long, but I hope to get back to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boreihoshech.wordpress.com&blog=5360464&post=432&subd=boreihoshech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://boreihoshech.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/the-medicine-cabinet-essay-in-june-2009-shma/</link>
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		<title>Jerusalem Evening on Jewish Psychology&#8211;&#8221;Bereavement and Loss: Between Separation and Continuity&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all, an apology for not having written since April. I have not given up on this project. The truth is, my financial situation changed somewhat back in March, so I&#8217;ve been spending the time that I used to spend on this applying for jobs and to programs for next year. I have more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boreihoshech.wordpress.com&blog=5360464&post=406&subd=boreihoshech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://boreihoshech.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/jerusalem-evening-on-jewish-psychology-bereavement-and-loss-between-separation-and-continuity/</link>
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		<title>Missing Egypt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I&#8217;ll admit it, although it is difficult, at first, to admit to such a perverse idea: Sometimes I miss Egypt.
There, I said it. At times I find myself wistfully wishing for slavery. I am apparently not the first to feel this way (Numbers 11:4-6):



 ד וְהָאסַפְסֻף אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבּוֹ, הִתְאַוּוּ תַּאֲוָה; וַיָּשֻׁבוּ וַיִּבְכּוּ, גַּם בְּנֵי [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boreihoshech.wordpress.com&blog=5360464&post=360&subd=boreihoshech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://boreihoshech.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/missing-egypt/</link>
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		<title>In every generation, a person must see herself as if she, too, had come out of Egypt.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Passover and the exodus from Egypt is the story of the Jewish people for a very important reason: Because this is how we learn to live our lives. I&#8217;m not going to go so far as to suggest that this one story is the answer to all that ails humanity, but I think that it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boreihoshech.wordpress.com&blog=5360464&post=344&subd=boreihoshech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://boreihoshech.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/in-every-generation-a-person-must-see-herself-as-if-she-too-had-come-out-of-egypt/</link>
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		<title>This Is My Prayer—Va’ani Tefillati: Jewish Women In Prayer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a short note about a conference that&#8217;s coming up that looks wonderful. It&#8217;s called &#8220;This Is My Prayer—Va’ani Tefillati: Jewish Women In Prayer&#8221; and is co-sponsored by The Jewish Theological Seminary, Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, Women of Reform Judaism, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, the Abraham Joshua Heschel School, the Jewish Community Center in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boreihoshech.wordpress.com&blog=5360464&post=336&subd=boreihoshech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://boreihoshech.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/this-is-my-prayer%e2%80%94va%e2%80%99ani-tefillati-jewish-women-in-prayer/</link>
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		<title>Gratitude</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to take a moment to thank the Jewish and general blogosphere, and all of my commenters, for the warm welcome that this blog has received.
Thank you especially to:


Mixed Multitudes (&#8220;Depression and Prayer&#8221;). Matthue Roth wrote about me on Mixed Multitudes (MyJewishLearning.com&#8217;s excellent blog) and cross-posted to his personal/professional blog.
Jewschool (&#8220;New Blog About Depression [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boreihoshech.wordpress.com&blog=5360464&post=307&subd=boreihoshech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://boreihoshech.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/gratitude/</link>
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		<title>Psalm 51: An alternative to Elohai Nishama</title>
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God&#8217;s protection and control, as stated in the &#8220;אֱלֹהַי נְשָׁמָה&#8221; prayer, rankles at times. It seems entirely untrue. On some mornings, the declaration of &#8220;וְאַתָּה מְשַׁמְּרָהּ בְּקִרְבִּי&#8221; &#8220;and You preserve it within me,&#8221; rather than being comforting and reassuring, chafes against my lived reality. If God protects my soul within me, why do I feel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boreihoshech.wordpress.com&blog=5360464&post=178&subd=boreihoshech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://boreihoshech.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/psalm-51-an-alternative-to-elohai-nishama/</link>
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