With Intention

Naso chapter 6. I am contiplating how I can relate to this portion? Is there anything about the Nazarite that I see reflected in myself?

• No wine
• No grapes
• No vinegar
• No alchohol
• No cutting of hair
• No going anywhere near dead people, even your family

I couldn’t be a Nazarite. There is no way I could give up that beautiful glass of wine with a plate of fresh tomatoes drizzled with balsamic vinegar. No really.

How am I like the Nazarite? I grew up in the United States as an American. A white anglo-saxon protestant (Catholic) male in the US. I was part of the majority and there was little about our family of 4 with 2 kids, dog, cat and 2 cars that was different. Then I made a choice. A choice like the Nazarite to make myself different. To eat and drink different, to dress different, and to have different life-cycle rituals. Choosing to be Jewish is much like the Nazarite is to that Jewish world s/he grew up in.

Maybe I am more like the Nazarite than I thought. Me the Nazarite.