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ESSAY: Gevurah: The Strength To Be In Charge of Yourself (Sefirat HaOmer and Parashat Shemini)

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You are not your feelings. You are the leader who tends to them. (Click image to read more)

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MEDITATION: Gevurah: The Strength To Be In Charge Of Yourself (Sefirat HaOmer and Parashat Shemini)

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This week, the second week of the Omer, is traditionally associated with the divine attribute of Gevurah, strength. In this meditation, we look at this attribute as our internal capacity for strong self leadership, taking back — from forces like the inner critic — the power to choose our own direction and live into our

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MEDITATION: What is Enough? (Parashat Shemini)

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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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MEDITATION: The Stillness that Can Hold Pain (Parashat Shemini)

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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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WOW (Word of the Week): וידם, “He was still and Silent” (Parashat Shemini)

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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)

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