BS"D

ATTEMPTED RECONSTRUCTION OF WHAT HAS BEEN LOST

Sunday, August 22nd
My davenen this morning was bright & more loving. Shukling was more of a dance. Over breakfast I filed through all the cool stuff I'd done in NYC, like visit with Leslie (my kibbutz neighbour), meet her husband, see her round belly, check out the architecture of Grand Central Station, salivate over seforim at Westside Judaica, appreciate the funky mosaics & old pillars in various subway stations, connected with Chovevei Torah bocherim & ther wives, strolled through Central Park, met the new young group who call themselves "The Fruity Jews" (headed by Michaela Matt, Daniel Matt's daughter), passed out a ton of Womens' Torah Project brochures & spoke to many about same, poked around in a sofrei stam closet on the lower east side, explored shtieblakh, ate kosher organic venison & bison...
...& the things I never got to do like visit the Rebbe's qever, check out Seforim World or Beagle Eisen, hang out with Shuli, take Joel to the Eldridge St Synagogue, shop at Eichler's...
I really must find the following books which Benny recommended:
The Jewish Alchemists by Patai
The Secret Doctrine of the Kabalah by Leet
Mafte'ach Shlomo