In this meditation, we focus on one moment in the story of the Akedah, the moment when Avraham hears God’s second call and pivots, deciding not to offer his son up as a sacrifice. (Click image to read more)
MEDITATION: Avraham’s (And Our) Moment of Pivoting (Rosh Hashanah) Read More »
In this meditation, we explore the possibility that what we are seeking is very, very close – “karov hadavar me’od” — right here, inside us. (Click image to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: It’s So Close, Right Here, Inside You (Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelekh) Read More »
In this meditation, we explore what it might feel like to connect to God in this reciprocal way, to know that it is not just that we yearn for God, but also that God yearns for us. (Click image to read more and to listen)
MEDITATION: Back and Forth — Our Reciprocal Relationship With God (Parashat Ki Tavo) Read More »
The mitzvah of returning lost items is read as the retrieval and ingathering of lost parts of ourselves. What parts of you are asking to be brought home this season? (Click image to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: The Return of Our Lost Parts (Parashat Ki Teitzei) Read More »
In this meditation, we work on finding and strengthening places of refuge inside us where there is forgiveness and atonement and healing, where we are held in all our imperfections and returned to a sense of belonging. Sources:Deuteronomy 19:1-8Rashi on Deuteronomy 19:3Psalm 27:4Maimonides, Laws of the Murderer and Loss of Life, 8: 5-6, 11Psalm 91:1Deuteronomy
MEDITATION: Our Inner City of Refuge (Parashat Shoftim) Read More »
Again and again in this parsha, the Torah talks about gathering all the members of your household together to hamakom, to the place where God resides, and being sameach, joyful, there. In this meditation we work on gathering in all parts of ourselves to hamakom, to the place of inner divine spaciousness, inviting in each
MEDITATION: Gathering In All Parts of You (Parashat Re’eh) Read More »
In this meditation, we look at the phrase ואכלת ושבעת וברכת, “You shall eat and be satisfied and give thanks,” as a spiritual process of opening, filling up and overflowing with divine love. (Click image to read more)
MEDITATION: Filling Up With Divine Love (Parashat Eikev) Read More »
Holding fast to our lifeline in times of trouble helps us stay afloat. (Click image to read more and to listen. )
MEDITATION: Holding On to the Connection (Parashat Va’etchanan and Tisha B’Av) Read More »
What would it feel like to inhabit such an emotional space, where we really feel that nothing is lacking, that everything we need is right here? (Click image to read more and to listen)
MEDITATION: Not Missing A Thing (Parashat Devarim) Read More »
Parashat Masei begins with a list of the 42 stops on the Israelites’ desert journey. There is a famous midrash which compares this list to the recounting of a father who has taken his ill child on a journey to be healed. Applying this midrash to ourselves, we look at our own life journey, with
MEDITATION: Our Healing Journey (Parashat Matot-Masei) Read More »