Balak, בָּלָק
Balak
22:2-25:9
How do we cultivate a sense of boundaries and wholeness in and of ourselves, and learn to move into relationship from that place? (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Staying In Your Own Tent (Parashat Balak) Read More »
In this meditation, we focus on the line from one of Balaam’s blessings, mah tovu ohelekha Yaakov, “how good are your tents, Yaakov, your dwelling places, Yisrael” (Numbers 24:5). Rashi comments that what Balaam saw in the Israelite tents that was good was that their openings were not set up to face one another, offering
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What happens when we are not aligned with our divine purpose? The story of Balaam and the donkey shows us. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Listening to The Pain, Listening to Our Donkey Part (Parashat Balak) Read More »
We are sent angels — signs and symptoms, obstacles and experiences of pain — along our journey to help guide us to the path of blessing (not curse) for which we were created. In this meditation, we practice listening to these angels. (Click image to read more and listen)
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Moshe may have given up on us, but God never does. God knows that we are in our essence people of growth. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: On Moshe’s Mistake and Being People of Growth (Parashat Chukat-Balak) Read More »
In the incident of the rock, Moshe says to the people, before he hits the rock, Shimu na hamorim, “listen up, you rebels” (Numbers 20:10). In this meditation, we explore the ways that such harsh words and negative assessments, both internal and external, hurt us, and we consider the possibility of substituting for such harshness
MEDITATION: On Moshe’s Mistake and Being People of Growth (Parashat Chukat-Balak) Read More »
We all have a donkey part, a part of us that knows, somatically, energetically, intuitively, something that other parts of us do not know or believe. In the Balaam story, it was the donkey who saw the angel standing in the way and refused to move forward on the path that Balaam was insisting on.
QUICK THOUGHT: Listening to Our Donkey Part (Parashat Balak) Read More »
The story of Balaam is the story of coming into greater alignment with God’s will. We are often like Balaam, struggling against our divine destiny. We hear God’s voice faintly in the night while the guests are sleeping and the external world is quiet – a part of us discerns what our path is
SHORT ESSAY: Coming into Alignment with the Divine (Parashat Balak) Read More »
In the story of Balaam, we see Balaam undergoing a process of coming into greater alignment with God’s will for him. He begins out of alignment, in opposition really, and ends up becoming a vessel for God’s blessing in the world. In this this meditation, we use Balaam’s story as a way to explore our
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On the verse: מה טובו אהליך יעקב משכנותיך ישראל How good are your tents, O Yaakov, your dwelling places, O Israel! (Numbers 24:5). Come relax into the goodness of the divine sanctuary. To listen to the meditation, click here.
MEDITATION: Mah Tovu — Entering the Sanctury of goodness (Parashat Balak) Read More »