tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21153604.post1868746572400049198..comments2024-03-10T21:49:37.789-04:00Comments on Adventures in Mama-Land: “Water, water”: Insanity and Torah Thought (for the shloshim of my brother Eli)Tziviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828930310967808828noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21153604.post-2522114795925209822017-03-31T04:56:59.569-04:002017-03-31T04:56:59.569-04:00Very moving , but not in a good place in more ways...Very moving , but not in a good place in more ways than one to benefit. Kosher and Happy Pesach,Gershon [George] Wynschenknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21153604.post-56133151093870863482015-01-11T10:12:18.900-05:002015-01-11T10:12:18.900-05:00MD, thank you so much for stopping by and letting ...MD, thank you so much for stopping by and letting me know. I really appreciate it.Jennifer Tzivia MacLeodhttp://tzivia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21153604.post-49582304882035923722015-01-11T09:20:55.374-05:002015-01-11T09:20:55.374-05:00Jennifer, I'm sorry to hear of your loss (I ju...Jennifer, I'm sorry to hear of your loss (I just found out recently), and thank you for writing about what the loss and the gift of Eli means to you. I am a couple of years younger but knew him in high school and we also coincidentally went to the same university.MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02789867469820701408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21153604.post-52246822384801226972014-07-08T14:26:10.285-04:002014-07-08T14:26:10.285-04:00@yael, I appreciate your honesty. Maybe it's ...@yael, I appreciate your honesty. Maybe it's just our family, but in our family, we have always sort of recognized sanity as a spectrum, on which we all slide at different points in our lives.<br />I resisted including the Pardes narrative because it is trotted out so very often, sometimes to make whatever point it is the person wants to make about staying on the derech, but in the end, it was calling to me. :-)Tziviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828930310967808828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21153604.post-70314511917732583662014-07-08T13:55:04.910-04:002014-07-08T13:55:04.910-04:00This is a very thoughtful write-up on a painful to...This is a very thoughtful write-up on a painful topic. I especially appreciate the interesting d'rash on the Pardes encounter--certainly one of the most enigmatic accounts in the entire Talmud. <br /><br />Having battled PTSD for years, I can confirm that sanity is not always well-defined. Sometimes, the past seems more real than the present and it can take a great effort to bring one's inner world back into alignment with the outer world. To be in a state where that alignment can't be accomplished by any act of will, where there is no way to differentiate world from world...that is a terrifying thought. <br /><br />Yishar Kokhech for handling this topic with such eloquence and sensitivity. May your brother's memory be a blessing for you. Vaguely Sinister Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02034417052578987400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21153604.post-34873665041309399412014-07-07T13:34:04.402-04:002014-07-07T13:34:04.402-04:00This is an amazing piece of writing and a beautifu...This is an amazing piece of writing and a beautiful testament to your brother. May his memory be for a blessing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com