Comments on: Growing in Elul

By: Adrienne Lauby

Adrienne Lauby — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 03:11:39 +0000

Thank you for this post, Jonathan. Your grandfather, William Berman, was
a man who worked with his hands…a fur man. He used to take his
grandkids with him to watch sheep getting sheared before he would buy the
wool off their backs.

The way you’ve written, it seems you are a herder of sorts, taking
Jewish people and teaching the importance of sustainability and
connection with the earth.

Room to grow is important. Productivity is important. And this
ultimately leads to self growth and connection. No facebook here–real
hands-on, eye-to-eye connection. With Mother Earth and fellow humans!
What a great mitzvah and great source of nachas!

Shelley Berman

By: Adrienne Lauby

Adrienne Lauby — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 02:57:32 +0000

By: Adrienne Lauby

Adrienne Lauby — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 02:55:47 +0000

3,000 pounds of produce. That’s a lot to tend to.

Slowing down to speed up is a great trick. One of my friends signs her e-mails, “The situation is changing very rapidly….it is important to move very slowly.” — Chinese proverb. My life is moving more quickly than it used to. Years are passing quicker than months once did. My body is telling me, at 63, that I must move more slowly. One of the things that works sometimes for me is to live each day so it works well. That forces me to do less every week. Some weeks, it seems, that I’ve done as much as I would have anyway, that I am working smarter and being more productive in the time I work.

Then, there are the other days….

Thanks for writing Jonathan.
Adrienne Lauby