“Hineni” is a way of living into your fullest possible self in this present moment. (Click image to read more and to listen)
MEDITATION: The Stance of “Hineni”: Here I am (Parashat Vayera) Read More »
In her suffering, Hagar has an experience of God in the desert that fortifies her to return to her life. How can we, too, be strengthened? (Click image to read more)
MEDITATION: The God Who Sees My Suffering (Parashat Lech Lecha) Read More »
During the flood, Noah and his family spent their time taking care of the many varied needs of the animals in the ark. They rode through a sea of death and destruction in a vehicle of kindness. In this meditation, we consider this story as a model for our own beleaguered state of being, and
MEDITATION: An Ark of Kindness Through a Flood of Violence (Parashat Noah) Read More »
Together we create inside us a collective and personal space that can hold what is difficult in this moment. (Click image to read more)
MEDITATION: Inner Resourcing For Difficult Times (Parashat Breishit) Read More »
What we find is a God who is steady with us through it all, patiently waiting for us to realize how much we are loved. (Click image to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: Day of Love, Not Judgment (Yom Kippur) Read More »
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 »