Kedoshim, קְדֹשִׁים Holy Ones 19:1-20:27
It’s a lot, the weight of the many needs and demands on us like the clamor of a thousand hungry children pulling at our apron strings. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: A Holding Container For It All (Parashat Kedoshim) Read More »
We carry so much weight, so many worries and needs. Ani Hashem — I am God. There is vast holding container that can hold it all. (Click image to read more and to listen)
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All the other judgments and lenses — the reason you are “less than” — they are like chaff that gets blown away in the wind, leaving behind the core kernel of who you are, the solidness of your inherent sacredness. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: From “Less Than” To Overflowing With Love (Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim) Read More »
The section of mitzvot at the begininng of Parashat Kedoshim invites us into a radical re-invisioning of how we structure society and see ourselves and each other. It is inviting us to move from a power dominated perspective in which some are considered “less than” to a consciousness that is centered on love and the
MEDITATION: From “Less Than” to Overflowing With Love (Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim) Read More »
Do we hate parts of ourselves? It may be hard to recognize, but I think most of us do. (Click image to read more)
QUICK THOUGHT: Do Not Hate Your Inner Brother (Parashat Kedoshim) Read More »
Reverse the verse: Love yourself as you would love a friend. (Click image to read more)
QUICK THOUGHT: “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself”: Reverse the Verse (Parashat Kedoshim) Read More »
The commandment to “love your neighbor as you love yourself” assumes and depends upon a strong love of self. In this meditation, we work on this “yourself” side of the command, using the Torah’s words here to move through an exploration of how we reject and hate parts of ourselves to befriending and loving those
MEDITATION: Kamokha: As You Love Yourself Read More »
#1: On Kedushah (Holiness) According to some Hasidic commentators, kedushah refers not to the content of what you are permitted to do or to eat, but to the way that you go about doing or eating it. What is required by kedushah, they say, is to take every action b’yishuv hada’at , with a settled
SHORT ESSAY: Two Thoughts on Parashat Acharei-Mot/Kedoshim Read More »