Matot, מַּטּוֹת
Tribes
30:2-32:42
They travelled and they camped, they traveled and they camped. Both growth and rest, both becoming and being. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Both Growth and Rest (Parashat Matot-Masei) Read More »
In parashat Masei, the Israelites’ travels through the desert are detailed with 42 stops, each one described in the form vayisu, “they travelled,” and vayachanu, “they camped.” In this meditation, we consider the two energies implied by these two verbs, on the one hand, movement and growth and becoming, and on the other hand, rest
MEDITATION: Both Growth and Rest (Parashat Matot-Masei) Read More »
Trusting that each station in our lives is part of such a sacred process of growth.
(Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Our Healing Journey (Parashat Matot-Masei) Read More »
Parashat Masei begins with a list of the 42 stops on the Israelites’ desert journey. There is a famous midrash which compares this list to the recounting of a father who has taken his ill child on a journey to be healed. Applying this midrash to ourselves, we look at our own life journey, with
MEDITATION: Our Healing Journey (Parashat Matot-Masei) Read More »
Relax and cultivate the city of refuge inside you, as a place to go where we are held in all our imperfections. Click here to listen.
MEDITATION: The City of Refuge Inside Us (Parashat Matot-Masei) Read More »
Here’s the thing: we all make mistakes, sometimes with harmful consequences for ourselves and others. Mostly we don’t make these mistakes out of ill will or an evil nature, but simply because we are human beings, inclined to error and imperfection by our very nature. Our relationships are messy; we try; we do
SHORT ESSAY: The City of Refuge Inside Us (Parashat Matot-Masei) Read More »