Back in the Saddle

OK, that is a very uncomfortable phrase right now. Even being "back in the office chair" is not fun. But still better than yesterday, even if I was home all day. I cannot go through more than one day sitting in front of the TV. It just feels so... wrong. What a waste of time.

Before this turns into a blog about me complaining about how I feel or all the trivial miscellany of my life . . . my copy of Etz Hayim came today! Yay! I now have an authentic Jewish commentary to help me study. I also received BNL's Snacktime! CD, which promises to be all kinds of childish fun, and another book... a gift. And I'm going to have a hard time waiting nearly a month to give it.

But back to Etz Hayim. I am a long way from being a serious student of the Torah; indeed, I have much to learn about how to study, not to mention the lifelong process of studying Torah itself. Past the excitement over getting the commentary is the weight of what the undertaking of studying means, the hope of how it will help Torah change me, and the coming joy I will have to share with some of my friends who are also on their own journeys through the Jewish roots of our faith.

Perhaps... in learning to love Torah I can learn to love myself and others. Very sweet stuff.

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