Bereshit (Genesis)
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)
MEDITATION: Tending to Your Light Through the Storm (Parashat Noah) Read More »
And God saw that it was good. Not perfect, not complete, but still good, in and of itself, in this moment. (Click image to read more and to listen)
We don’t have to be done with our work to celebrate. (Click image to read more)
This is what Yehudah did — he tied word to word and reached down into Yosef’s depths and found those good cool waters. (Click on image to read more)
At a critical moment, Yehudah steps into the breach and cracks Yosef wide open with his words. There is a midrash that compares this scene to a deep well of fresh, cool waters that no one could reach until one person — Yehudah — ties thread to thread to weave a long rope that can
MEDITATION: Reaching the Deep Well of Your Own Heart (Parashat Vayigash) Read More »
Yosef has a difficult life, but he doesn’t seem to suffer through it like his father Yaakov. He seems to ride the ups and downs with equanimity, grace and success. How We Navigate the Pits Consider the image of the pit. Yosef is thrown into the pit first by his brothers and later by Potiphar,
ESSAY: Learning To Surf Like Yosef (Parashat Vayeshev) Read More »
Yosef has a difficult life, but he doesn’t seem to suffer through it like his father Yaakov. He seems to ride the up and down waves with equanimity, balance and steadiness. In this meditation, we explore this capacity of Yosef’s and try it on for ourselves, looking at Yosef’s trust and sense of perpetual connection
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I claim my right to be blessed. This is the hutzpah of knowing the truth of God’s love for you. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: From Hiding To Standing Tall (Parashat Vayishlach) Read More »
We can, like Yaakov, move out of hiding to step into our own larger Yisrael self, to feel our own power, strength, confidence and divine essence. (Click image to read more and to listen)
MEDITATION: Coming Into Our Own “Yisrael” Power (Parashat Vayishlach) Read More »
How do we attain true divine blessing? There is a lot of grasping and chasing after blessing in this parsha, but there is also another model . . . (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Planting Seeds: An Alternative To Chasing After Blessing (Parashat Toldot) Read More »