I've been thinking a lot about the both/and of things. Ever since I learned about this concept a few years ago, it keeps getting more and more relevant. Also called dialectics, the both/and allows us to hold space for more than one thing to be true at one time, even if it seems like they might be opposed to each other. Without taking anything away from that other thing. 

I harvested the world's tiniest carrot from our garden yesterday.

In a previous newsletter, I shared that we started our first garden at the end of the summer. We planted spinach, little gem lettuce, mesclun greens, carrots, beets, and radishes, all from seeds. We transplanted cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts, and kale from seedlings that I grew indoors for the first time. Big plans with big expectations.

It was an example of how observance of Jewish rituals can exist, and even thrive, without being tied, in any way, to the state of Israel. There was laughter, tears, community, prayer, solemnity, and lightheartedness. There was a commitment to collective liberation. There was an honoring of all people's humanity, not just the people who look and sound like me. It felt, to me, what religion should feel like.