God is saying to us — Come, you be an I, too.

Shouting out from the rooftop — I am me. I am here. I matter. I take up space.

We are making ourselves “hefker,” renunciating anything that can demand our allegiance other than our own true heart and alignment with God.

Make like a desert and become hefker, ownerless. A midrash on the start of our parsha suggests that in order to recieve the Torah, we need to do just that,… Read more: MEDITATION: What Owns You And How To Let Go (Parashat Bamidbar)

We say we love rest. But do we? Why does everything else seem to take priority over rest then? This week, I’d like to take a hard look at our relationship to rest.

Letting all the thoughts and plans and worries swirl around as you rest in your shabbat place, the place of stillness deep inside you that is always at peace.