At a critical moment, Yehudah steps into the breach and cracks Yosef wide open with his words. There is a midrash that compares this scene to a deep well of fresh, cool waters that no one could reach until one person — Yehudah — ties thread to thread to weave a long rope that can […]
MEDITATION: Reaching the Deep Well of Your Own Heart (Parashat Vayigash) Read More »
Yosef has a difficult life, but he doesn’t seem to suffer through it like his father Yaakov. He seems to ride the ups and downs with equanimity, grace and success. How We Navigate the Pits Consider the image of the pit. Yosef is thrown into the pit first by his brothers and later by Potiphar,
ESSAY: Learning To Surf Like Yosef (Parashat Vayeshev) Read More »
Yosef has a difficult life, but he doesn’t seem to suffer through it like his father Yaakov. He seems to ride the up and down waves with equanimity, balance and steadiness. In this meditation, we explore this capacity of Yosef’s and try it on for ourselves, looking at Yosef’s trust and sense of perpetual connection
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I claim my right to be blessed. This is the hutzpah of knowing the truth of God’s love for you. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: From Hiding To Standing Tall (Parashat Vayishlach) Read More »
We can, like Yaakov, move out of hiding to step into our own larger Yisrael self, to feel our own power, strength, confidence and divine essence. (Click image to read more and to listen)
MEDITATION: Coming Into Our Own “Yisrael” Power (Parashat Vayishlach) Read More »
How do we attain true divine blessing? There is a lot of grasping and chasing after blessing in this parsha, but there is also another model . . . (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Planting Seeds: An Alternative To Chasing After Blessing (Parashat Toldot) Read More »
How do we attain true divine blessing — by grasping and chasing or by planting and trusting? (Click here to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: On Planting Seeds and Receiving Blessing (Parashat Toldot) Read More »
When the world around us becomes full of very real, concrete and seemingly irresolvable conflict, we need to spend some time in this sanctuary and remember the miraculous. (Click here to read more)
ESSAY: Entering the Sanctuary of Sarah’s Tent (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
We enter into the sanctuary created by Sarah inside ourselves, finding our own comfort and hope and a renewed capacity for love. (Click image to read more and listen)
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I was distracted by worry, but I’m back now, right here with you. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: The Stance of “Hineni”: Here I Am (Parashat Vayera) Read More »