Marilyn Saltzman
Yes or No – It’s a Choice
“It’s my job to ask. It’s your job to say no.” I learned that essential life teaching from a local television reporter who asked my boss...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Apr 14, 2022
- 3 min
Practicing The Act of Silence
“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” Rumi Playing a word game on my iPhone one night, I had an “ah ha” moment: The...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Mar 14, 2022
- 3 min
Let it RAIN!
It’s still snow season here in Colorado. Yet the other night, I had the opportunity to practice RAIN. This practice of radical compassion...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Feb 14, 2022
- 3 min
Emet – Truth Through A Mussar Lens
Truth, in all its complexity, was the topic of this year’s Mussar Institute virtual kallah (conference). I had opportunities to look at...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Jan 13, 2022
- 3 min
“When we all fall asleep, where do we go?”*
I plumped up my pillow, sat on the bed and pulled the fluffy down comforter over my body, leaving my arms free. Opening my journal, I...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Dec 23, 2021
- 3 min
Friends New and Old
“Make new friends, but keep the old; One is silver and the other’s gold.” So went the Girl Scout song we sang in summer camp as we...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Nov 14, 2021
- 3 min
Aging with Truth, Trust and Courage
"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength." Betty Friedan I can’t do some things that I used to do. There. I...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Oct 28, 2021
- 3 min
Sitting Shmirah
At best, my relationship with Death is uneasy. I rail when It prematurely steals a life – a child, a teen, a young parent. It wounds me...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Sep 28, 2021
- 4 min
Days of Awe
Days of Awe My Mussar chevruta (group of study buddies) is studying “awe” this month, coinciding with the Jewish calendar, the ten Days...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
Journaling about and for gratitude
I have a confession to make. I’ve read about gratitude, studied gratitude with my Mussar groups, developed intentional ways to feel and...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Jul 15, 2021
- 3 min
Simcha and tzehok – Joy and laughter
“Grim care, moroseness, and anxiety—all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Mirth is God’s medicine.” – Rev....
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
The generosity of strangers
Jewish tradition talks about two types of generosity, according to Alan Morinis in Everyday Holiness. One is tzedakah, planned and/or...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- May 19, 2021
- 3 min
Wholeness and hibernation
Springtime at 8700 feet. Saturday – short sleeves, sandals and sunscreen. Sunday (aka Mother’s Day) – snow boots, sleds and shovels. And...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Apr 21, 2021
- 1 min
Sympathy cards and thank you notes
I ran out of sympathy cards. Again. I buy them in boxes, Like thank you notes. And yet they disappear ever more quickly. Sympathy cards...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Mar 23, 2021
- 1 min
Not again!
Not again! I can’t write about it. I can’t write about anything else. Surely can’t polish my unfinished blog about generosity. Not today....
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
Memories of travels with Malcolm
Over six decades ago, my husband, Irv, made friends with a boy named Malcolm in third grade at PS 235 in Brooklyn, NY. About ten years...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
Candle power
Candles have always been an important part of my Jewish cultural tradition – the Sabbath candles lit by my mother every Friday night; the...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Jan 9, 2021
- 2 min
Words, consequences and responsibility
“The words of a president matter.... At their best, the words of a president can inspire. At their worst, they can incite.” Joe Biden,...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
Rituals of Light and Memory
Last night was the final evening of Chanukah 2020, the Jewish festival of lights. I love the ritual of lighting the candles, an...
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Marilyn Saltzman
- Nov 23, 2020
- 3 min
Creating New Rituals with Zerizut
2020 has been a year of mourning the loss of old rituals while creating new ones with zerizut (enthusiasm). * The first ritual casualty...
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