Announcing a new syndicated blog (not mine)

For those who enjoy poetry and the process behind creating it, I highly recommend pantoum_persist, the blog of Mary Alexandra Agner. Not only does she discuss the actual writing, she talks about what she's reading and what is inspiring her.

And she's a good friend and a lovely person. :-)

So, go read and enjoy.

ETA: For some reason, the feed's gone wonky. For now, as queue suggests, substitute "entries" for "xml" in the URL in order to read the blog entries.

E2TA: Fixed. Thanks, Mary.

Erev Shabbat Jewish Blogging

or, "More Katz; fewer cats."

This week, I finished learning Masechet Pe'ah in memory of sdelmonte's uncle (whose shloshim is approaching). I'd never learned Pe'ah before, and I was suprised to find how much practical-even-today there is in it, given that it mostly concerns one's harvest and what one has to leave behind for the poor. But there's a lot there, also, about caring for one's fellow man as well as, if you are the poor person in question, only taking what you are allotted (and not pretending to be poor in order to get the community's charity).

I was honored to be part of the effort to learn all of shas in SDelmonte's uncle's memory, and I appreciated the opportunity to learn a part of the Mishna I'd never learned before.

Hadran Alach Masechet Pe'ah.

Saturday Night Room Information

We'll be in Room 502.