THE WEISS CHRONICLES

I couldn't find a good image to illustrate the title of this post. Thus I used the Sistine chapel Michelangelo painting of Noah offering a sacrifice post flood. Near the beginning of the Noah story (6:9) is a phrase usually translated "... Noah walked with God." I used a somewhat more literal translation in the title of the post. Anyway the Noah reference is because today I walked to synagogue on Sabbath for the first time in several months (a bit under half a mile each way). I'm not claiming divine approval or authority however. BTW, there is another later famous 'walking' verse in Genesis, 17:1 (where God tells Abraham to walk before him) and I could have waited for that one. Also last week there was a walking with God verse 5:9 but after Enoch does this he is gone (dead or up to heaven). It wasn't a real comfortable walk because on the way my sock seemed to get caught in one of my toenails and it wore me out a bit. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ I got there before even the blessings of the dawn ברכות השחר, had started but left after the silent Mussaf amidah. Left the house about 840, home about 1150. It was a relatively long service since it was also Rosh Hodesh so we had Hallel and a few other odds and ends.