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Rivka Streicher

Rivka Streicher

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Calligraphy: Succos 5786
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Testimony
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Musings
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
A Song in the Night 
I try to pull myself together, when I hear it. Somebody outside, strains of song. I open the window and a voice carries inside. “Mah nishtanah halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh…”
Encounters
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Sands of Time   
They learned with an intensity; they flew in the heavens above the desert. And finally Chaim knew why he had to come on the trip
Family Tempo
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Unmasked
“How do you do it? I mean don’t you feel stifled? Sweaty? Do you ever eat? I’ve never so much as seen you even adjust your mask”
Calligraphy
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Veiled Truth
It was Abba who’d told her to follow her heart. If it was kosher, if this is where she came alive, she should go for it
LifeTakes
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Citrus Trust
“Did I ever tell you about the esrogim and the weddings?” he asks
Windows
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
What Does it Do?
She’s almost 90, her mind fickle as the wind, but oh, she wants to learn
Family Tempo
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Carve a Space
In school, she ran the show. But she couldn’t reach her own son
LifeTakes
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Rock Solid
There it was, a faded sign, a pitch-dark eatery. We were the only patrons
Veiled Joy
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Veiled Plans: Glints of Light
While Fear stalks our community, Joy finds a foothold too. In backyards and living rooms, people celebrate new beginnings. The celebration is dimmed, but the happiness is not
LifeTakes
Sunday, April 05, 2020
Rooted
We will sit, not with parents or grandparents, but ourselves, like we do on a Tuesday evening for a lazy supper
Calligraphy
Sunday, April 05, 2020
Stone’s Throw
Around her the kids are screaming, but Dena can hear something else. The hiss of onions maybe, an angry hiss, like they’re charring