The question which prompted this piece: Which aspects of life as it used to be, do you miss or yearn for? I yearn for the play time. Play...

God of the Waters of Babylon, God of the Faith-lacking Scouts, God of the Blessings of Grief, God of the Third Temple, God of the Month...

Today is Tisha B’Av, the national day of fasting and mourning, the time in the annual spiritual calendar which convulses with the energy...