Note: This is the first day of Sukkot, the Jewish harvest festival that includes reading Ecclesiastes/Kohelet, one of my favorite books of the Hebrew Bible. Before writing a new post about Ecclesiastes, I reviewed my earlier posts that referenced it. It turns out the following was drafted but never published. Kafka’s Parable (No answer to […]| Bob Schwartz
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ (Luke 12:19 ) The rich fool in Luke 12:19 does not get Ecclesiastes quite right. Four times, the sage of Ecclesiastes tells us to eat and drink and be merry. Well, almost. The … Continue reading Eat, Drink, and Find the Good| Mitchell Lewis
We stand upon this ignominious plane, and share visions beside the waters, over the earth, under the sky.| Rambling Ever On
I awoke and, laughing, beheld that thing which pretended to be dangerous wasn’t so very so.| Rambling Ever On