Matot, מַּטּוֹת

Matot, מַּטּוֹת
Tribes
30:2-32:42

MEDITATION: Our Healing Journey (Parashat Matot-Masei)

/ Meditations, Matot, מַּטּוֹת, Masei, מַסְעֵי

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

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MEDITATION: The City of Refuge Inside Us (Parashat Matot-Masei)

/ Meditations, Matot, מַּטּוֹת, Masei, מַסְעֵי

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.

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SHORT ESSAY: The City of Refuge Inside Us (Parashat Matot-Masei)

/ Matot, מַּטּוֹת, Masei, מַסְעֵי

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

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