Emor, אֱמֹר

Emor, אֱמֹר Speak! 21:1-24:23

MEDITATION: On “Sefirah” and the Growth Process (Parashat Emor)

At the end of the 49 day count known as Sefirat Ha-Omer, the Torah says that we are to bring a minchah hadashah lashem, a new gift to God. In this meditation, we look at this Sefirah period as an incubation or gestational period of inner growth in which we gradually come into a new

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MEDITATION: Our Inner Shabbat Resting Place (Parashat Emor)

Shabbat is the first of the holidays listed in this week’s parsha. In this meditation, we explore what it means to disidentify with our work and to find inside ourselves our inner Shabbat Resting Place. We notice the fluttering of our anxious parts, like little birds, and help them come to rest, like Noah’s dove,

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SHORT ESSAY: Peah: Rest Your Inadequacy Here (Parashat Emor)

We all have an ani, a poor person, inside us, a part of us that feels impoverished, inadequate, less than, deficient in some way, a part that makes mistakes and does not get it right some – or maybe even most – of the time.  These parts want something; they want something desperately; they have

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MEDITATION: Peah: Rest Your Inadequacy Here (Parashat Emor)

In this meditation, we explore the mitzvah of peah, of leaving the corners of your fields unharvested for the needy. We consider the needy parts of ourselves, the parts that want love and attention and the parts that feel impoverished and inadequate in some way, and we invite those needy parts to rest in the

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SHORT ESSAY: Sefirat HaOmer and the Soul’s Journey Home (Parashat Emor)

(Originally published in 2021) The journey of the Omer is an apt metaphor for the journey taken by each of our souls in this world from birth to death. (Click image to read more)

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