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Akiva Weisinger

Akiva Weisinger
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Akiva Weisinger is nobody important. He teaches middle school Judaics at Bornblum Jewish Community School in Memphis, Tennessee. His writing can be found at misfittorah.substack.com.

A Parable of Barriers

In honor of Rosh Hashanah 5786, Akiva Weisinger retells and reimagines the parable of the king "who wished to be seen, but did not want to be seen."

Two Men Enter the Vacated Space ...

The death of Nadav and Avihu is difficult to explain, perhaps even impossible to approach through the medium of language. In a composition crossing the boundaries of original drashah, Breslov thought, poetry, visual art, and historical fiction, Akiva Weisinger renders the tragedy of Nadav and Avihu as a reflection of the Vacated Space beyond human language.