“I was once at a yoga studio where I had recently become a regular and saw, three mats away, the teacher whose class I had regularly attended…”

“How should one dress to go to a genizah burial? Can one wear yellow or a flower in one’s hair? It’s a sacred ritual, but not quite a solemn affair to bury no-longer serviceable papers with God’s name on them. It’s not like someone has died and yet, we are opening up a grave.”