Vayeira, וַיֵּרָא
And He Appeared
18:1-22:24
A radical reading of the Sarah and Avraham story that asks us to re-center Sarah — the one in the tent — and ourselves. (Click image to read more)
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In this meditation, we consider Sarah’s de-centering and neglect by Avraham and ultimate centering by God in the phrase vaHashem pakad et Sarah, “And God took notice of Sarah” (Genesis 21:1). We look at Avraham’s tendency to face outward and not inward and at our own tendency to do the same towards ourselves, how we
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“And the two of them walked on together,” Avraham and Yitzhak, each of us and our young ones, and God”s shining face upon us. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Learning To Walk With Your Inner Child (Rosh Hashanah) Read More »
In this meditation, I offer a reading of the Akedah (the Binding of Isaac) from the lens of the inner child, focusing on two pivotal moments in the text — the first, when Avraham and Yitzhak “walk together” and the second, when Avraham binds up his son. We explore these in terms of our own
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In a world where the promised blessings seem not yet to have fully arrived, be the blessing you want to see. Be the love. Be the kindness. Be the blessing. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Grounding in Faith in an Unredeemed World (Parashat Vayera) Read More »
God’s blessings, when and if they come to Avraham, do not come easily or quickly, but with much disruption and uncertainty. The land he is promised has famine and war, and the children he is promised are slow in coming and then threatened to be taken away. It often does look to us like God’s
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I was distracted by worry, but I’m back now, right here with you. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: The Stance of “Hineni”: Here I Am (Parashat Vayera) Read More »
“Hineni” is a way of living into your fullest possible self in this present moment. (Click image to read more and to listen)
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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 »
Our first hearing of God is invariably harsh. (Click image to read more)
POEM: Unbinding (Parashat Vayera) Read More »