Va’etchanan, וָאֶתְחַנַּן And I Pleaded 3:23-7:11
Like Elijah disguised as a beggar at the door, might God not be disguised as your own inner beggar child asking for love?
ESSAY: to Love God And To Join God In Loving (Parashat Va’etchanan) Read More »
This meditation explores the ve’ahvta command — love God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. It considers first what it feels like to be that devoted to anything — to the point of offering up your life — and then asks — what does it mean to
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The captain of the ship said — grab hold of this rope and whatever you do, don’t let go of it. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Holding On to the Connection (Parashat Va’etchanan and Tisha B’Av) Read More »
Holding fast to our lifeline in times of trouble helps us stay afloat. (Click image to read more and to listen. )
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From there, from that very place, from the far-flung place of exile where you have been banished, from the very depths of emotional suffering, from that very place itself, you will find God. (Click image to read more)
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Often in life, one feels some slight dissonance or discomfort, as if you are a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. There is your true self and then there is what you have to do to get through the day and they don’t always match up exactly. The world has expectations, institutions
SHORT ESSAY: On Oneness and Wholeness (Parashat Va’etchanan) Read More »
Among many other remarkable parts of this week’s parsha (including the Shma and the second recounting of the Ten Commandments), the Torah reports that Moshe took the time to designate three Cities of Refuge on the eastern side of the Jordan. Moshe has just told the people that he begged to go into the land
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