What blessing could be appropriate for COVID vaccinations? Using a Talmudic text as a starting point, we look at some little-known blessings for medical procedures, at the correct response for a sneeze, the creation of sneezes, and the spirituality of the randomness of disease and healing. Prepare for confusion!  * You can find the sourcesheet, including a few sources I didn&apos;t cover in the recording, here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/368754 *  A project of 58th Century Judaisms: https://www.58thcentury.world/ <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebjosh">Support the show</a>

When does Justice Begin?

I believe that the world we live in is understood through words. I believe the more words we have the more we can be in this world. I feel lucky to have inherited a 3,000-year old Jewish tradition of expressing the world in words, and try to be a bridge between the old texts and where people are at today.​​I don't have so many answers to the fundamental questions of existence. I don't try to convince people about anything. But I like learning, I like to facilitate Jewish discussions, I like to help people explore how to be a Jewish human.