Naso, נָשֹׂא

Naso, נָשֹׂא
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ESSAY: The Priestly Blessing (Parashat Naso)

Birkat Kohanim, the Priestly Blessing, is an invitation into an alternate divine realm tthat can offer us nourishment as we make our way in this often troubled human world. (Click image to read more)

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MEDITATION: The Priestly Blessing (Parashat Naso)

We have reached the center, and the center is light. (Click image to read more and to listen)

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SHORT ESSAY: God Delights In Us (Parashat Naso)

May God shine God’s face upon you. It is like the face of a parent gazing at a newborn baby. Total delight and amazement and warmth. (Click image to read more)

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MEDITATION: The Priestly Blessing and Inner Peace (Parashat Naso)

In this meditation, we work towards a sense of inner peace, the end of the priestly blessing, by first fully experiencing the middle line or heart of the Priestly Blessing, the sense of God’s face shining upon us. We take this shining face inside as a way to welcome all parts of us and to

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SHORT ESSAY: Shalom Is a Container (Parashat Naso)

There is a lot of pain that is surfacing in our world, A lot of injustice and suffering and fear. There also continues to be a current of uncertainty and unease and even confusion. How does a person hold steady amidst it all, without denying either the suffering — of self and other — or

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