Wisdom Biscuit

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What’s in a name?

I loved the title WISDOM BISCUIT. It fit what I was thought I was doing… giving people something:

  • good for you
  • tasty
  • satisfying

Jane never liked the name.

She was right. It’s cute and ditracts from the importance of the message.

So, I’m retiring WISDOM BISCUIT – and keeping Religion Outside The Box.

Next, to convince FaceBook to change the name of the group here.

With love, 
Rabbi Brian
 
rabbi_brian@rotb.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five More Wisdom Biscuits

  1. I know garbage “You should put the garbage bins back where they were before you remodelled,” I tell the managers of the Grant High School construction project when they host a neighborhood forum. “Funny thing, that,” the lady in charge says, “It’s a bit counterintuitive.” She explains something city planners learned about beaches. “If there is a garbage

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Light-Lifting

✧✧✧ Introduction ✧✧✧   A long-form follow up to May’s 14/40 Five Wisdom Biscuits about smiling.   ✧✧✧ Outline ✧✧✧ A Story Deep Shit About Smiles The Joke My New Workout Plan ✧✧✧ A Story ✧✧✧   I exercise religiously—by which I mean I’m very compassionate and affirming. Today, I didn’t challenge myself to attempt an eight-rep back squat 5–8

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A Big Ask

Beloved, What I’m about to ask is a very big ask. You (probably) aren’t going to want to do it. But I’m still going to ask. Because it’s important. Very important. Stop hating.   ✧✧✧   “No one is born hating another person… People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to

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77% Weekly Newsletter
77% Weekly Newsletter