I cannot take care of both my mom and my 1½-year-old grandson at the same time. Perhaps this is an obvious observation, but it became apparent when my son and daughter-in-law left for a long weekend—and left their precious cargo with us. I was thrilled to babysit, though I had forgotten how much intensive energy is involved in watching a small child. I was alone with them both for half an hour. We were in the safe confines of my house and Mom was enjoying watching Roi’s antic

This is the verse that sticks with me from last week’s Torah reading: The nakedness of your father and the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She is your mother; you must not uncover her nakedness. Leviticus 18:7 Instinctively, I know that this prohibition and the following prohibitions listed in the weekly portion are related to sexual transgressions. What I couldn’t shake, however, was the image of Mom—confused, fragile—when she tried to take a shower in my bat