ESSAY: What is Enough? (Parashat Shemini)
We run every which way trying to get what we need, when the very thing that would help us is not to run, but to stay. (Click image to read more)
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Shemini, שְּׁמִינִי Eighth 9:1-11:47
We run every which way trying to get what we need, when the very thing that would help us is not to run, but to stay. (Click image to read more)
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On the eighth day, after much preparation and anticipation, to much fanfare, the Glory of God finally appears in the Tabernacle and the people sing out and fall on their faces in joy and awe. At this moment, Nadav and Avihu, the two sons of Aaron, grab their pans and their own fire and bring
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This meditation connects Aharon’s stance of demamah, of stillness, at the death of his sons, to the “still, small voice” of God that Eliyahu experienced, understanding stillness as a divine point implanted in each of us that can hold any pain, no matter how intense. We work first on developing a sense of this stillness
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In the aftermath of tragedy, Aharon encountered a different, quieter aspect of God — the ability to sit still with pain, not to get ride of it or fix it, but simply to be present with it . . . (Click image to read more)
WOW (Word of the Week): וידם, “He was still and Silent” (Parashat Shemini) Read More »
(Originally published in 2019) God’s Glory fills the Tabernacle. What happens next is extra. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: No Need For Extra (Parashat Shemini) Read More »