It’s as if all of creation was waiting for us to learn to add nishma to na’aseh, to add listening to doing.   In this week’s parsha, the covenant with God… Read more: ESSAY: Becoming Listeners in Addition to Doers (Parashat Mishpatim)

“Na’aseh Venishma,” we will do and we will listen, the Israelites famously respond to the covenant at Sinai. God wants us to become listeners in addition to doers. (Click image to read more)

What would it feel like to have God offering you support in claiming your voice, helping you to amplify it and strengthen it so that you can speak your piece… Read more: ESSAY: God’s Support For Moshe’s Voice and Our Own (Parashat Yitro)

Love is “the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another person’s spiritual growth.” (Click on image to read more and listen)

We search for the strength to face what is difficult right now and not fall into the collapsing energies of fear and despair.   Ozi vezimrat Yah.  “The Lord is… Read more: ESSAY: Your Strength and Your Song (Parashat Beshalach)

In this meditation, we explore the phrase Ozi vezimrat Yah, “The Lord is my strength and song” (Exodus 15:2). We consider the fear that the Israelites felt at the Sea… Read more: MEDITATION: Your Strength and Your Song (Parashat Beshalach)