weekly garden report

There are a lot more small green cherry tomatoes. The peppers are bigger and there are a couple new ones starting.

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Hadar summer institute!

I've heard good things about Hadar (formerly Mechon Hadar I think) and their week-long Jewish-learning program every July. But it's usually close to Pennsic, and it involves lodging and travel logistics, and I've never actually gotten there.

This year Pennsic is cancelled and there is no travel and they've moved it online. There is a sample schedule (which I apparently can't directly link to; click on "schedule"). I have been craving meaningful Jewish engagement in this time when many routines have been disrupted.

The theme is, not surprisingly, topical: the torah of Covid-19. There are sessions on triage priorities (what does halacha have to say), Rebbe Nachman on resilience, comforting mourners, praying alone, virtual minyanim, racism, privilege disparities, Tisha b'Av, and more.

I think I will attend. Do I know anybody else who will be doing so?