Noach, נֹחַ
Noah
6:9-11:32
Maybe you can hear the command to make a “tzohar” in the ark as a divine invitation to tend to that light in your own ark. (Click image to read more)
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How has your light, your sacred fire of hope and passion and agency, been dimmed by the storms and winds of life? How can you tend to it now and preserve it, hold it close and share it? (Click image to read more and to listen)
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We are, like Noah, surrounded by a flood, a flood of violence, death and destruction. And we are in danger of falling into this storm, being sucked under, emotionally flooded, overwhelmed by despair and dread and powerlessness. How do we navigate this situation and stay afloat in the flood? How do we respond in a
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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
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God’s instructions to Noah for building an ark are reminiscent of the instructions for the consctruction of the Tabernacle. (Click image to read more)
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What are the false beliefs and habits of mind and burdens that we would do well to wash away in a flood? (Click image to read more)
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In the face of a physical flood, God instructs Noah to build an ark. Perhaps this is what we need to do for our emotional flooding as well, to create a space of safety inside us where we can ride out the storm. (Click image to read more)
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We are all at times flooded emotionally. — by overwhelm, anxiety, fear, distress. In this meditation, we work on constructing an inner ark to weather the storms. (Click image to listen)
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(Originally published in October 2020, in honor of my father’s seventh yahrtzeit). In this essay, I explore the meaning of a song I learned from my father as a child — koh amar Hashem. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: A Song For My Father about חן — Grace (Parashat Noah) Read More »
The kind of unity they were engaged in was a unity of sameness. The kind that we strive for is a unity built out of love. (Click image to read more)
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