In this meditation, we look at the image of the burning bush that was not consumed. We become aware of our internal fires of suffering and emotion and we find within them a pont of perfect stillness, like the eye of the storm. We experiment with holding both energies at once, both the raging fire […]
MEDITATION: Not Consumed By Our Fiery Emotions (Parashat Shemot) Read More »
In the middle of Yaakov’s final words to his children, he suddenly turns to God in prayer with three words — לישועתך קויתי ה, “I hope for Your salvation, O Lord!” (Click image to read more)
MEDITATION: Hope Amidst It All (Parashat Vayechi) Read More »
In this meditation, we take the concepts of darkness and light into our internal world, exploring the parts of us that feel most dark and bringing some warm Chanukah light to keep them company. There is a tradition that the Chanukah light is related to the or haganuz, the divine light that God originally created,
MEDITATION: Our Hidden Inner Light (Chanukah) Read More »
This meditation is dedicated to the memory of Gavriella Bader, z”l, a caring friend to my children and a beautiful human being. May her memory be a blessing, as her life was a blessing, and may the family be comforted by God among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. In this meditation we consider Yaakov’s
MEDITATION: Crying with the Inconsolable (Parashat Vayeshev) Read More »
Yaakov needed this angel in order to learn that he was not small and insecure, as he thought, but strong and infinitely capable. In this meditation, we explore who these angels are inside us and how we can encounter them to know our own strength. (Click image to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: Knowing Our Own Strength (Parashat Vayishlach) Read More »
In this meditation, we explore the story of the angels that appear to Yaakov at the end of the parsha and its relationship to the beginning of next week’s parsha, when Yaakov sends out messengers to make contact with Esav. We consider the idea that these angels may have been the uneasy feelings that Yaakov
MEDITATION: Our Feelings Are Angels (Parashat Vayetze) Read More »
The parsha is full of fighting — fighting between Yaakov and Esav over the birthright and the blessing, and fighting between the shepherds of Gerar and the shepherds of Yitzhak over wells. Behind this fighting is a sense of scarcity of resources. In this meditation, we look inside to see what kinds of scarcity we
MEDITATION: On Scarcity and Spaciousness (Parashat Toldot) Read More »
Sarah in some way dies from inattention, from not being properly honored and listened to. In this meditation, we work to find the Sarah inside us, the deep knowing resting place that connects us to the divine; we find this place and rest in it; we listen to it and honor it, so that Sarah
MEDITATION: Listen To the Voice of Your Own Sarah (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
Like Hagar and Avraham, we are blind until God opens our eyes to see that everything we need is right here. (Click image to read more)
MEDITATION: Opening Our Eyes (Parashat Vayera) Read More »
God made “garments of skin,” or some say “garments of light” for Adam and Eve after their sin, and then God dressed them. (Click image to read more)
MEDITATION: Garments of Light (Parashat Bereishit) Read More »