Can you sprain a toe?

I think I may have sprained my toe. Is that possible? I guess I'll consider it a souvenir from the Jordanian mountains.

I slept in this morning and decided to treat myself to a big bowl of oatmeal with bananas. I read Chapter 5-14 in Genesis, in preparation for my 1:30 meeting with Noam Zion at the Hartman Institute. I originally contacted Noam because a past Dorot Fellow suggested him as a possible tutor on the topic of the Jewish Life Cycle, which I am very interested in. We met about 3 weeks ago, and he convinced me that if I really need some Torah study under my belt. I got swept up in his enthusiasm and engaged teaching style and agreed. I'm not happy about having strayed from my original plans, but I love learning with Noam! I've been reading a few chapters of the Torah, which we discuss, and then we've been delving more deeply into one specific story in Genesis -- the story of Avram, Sarai, and Hagar. Noam Zion is the author of my favorite Hagaddah, A Different Night, which includes many different perspectives, criticisms, and even artwork. His teaching style is very similar. In addition to reading the story line by line (in Hebrew), we've been reading feminist critisms, sermons by African Americans preachers, and looking at artistic depictions of the story. We've been reading the Torah from a literary prospective, looking at this story as a way to understand human relationships.

Our two hour meeting whizzed by, as usual, and I caught a bus back to Nachlaot. Max and I watched an episodes of The Wire and then I made ginger-teryaki tofu stir-fry for dinner. I have a meeting at 8 in Baka, where I'm going to be "briefed" on the UJC General Assembly, which I'm attending next week (for free ... Hillel's sponsoring!) Check it out! http://www.ujc.org/page.aspx?id=16495