POEM: A Blessing (Parashat Pekudei)
Open your hands to receive the blessing — these hands that shape and create, that mold and hold tight . . . (Click image to read more)
POEM: A Blessing (Parashat Pekudei) Read More »
Parsha
ESSAY: Leaning in to Uncertainty (Parashat Ki Tisa)
“Make us an idol because we don’t know what happened to Moshe.” What if they could have stayed with the unease of not knowing, allowed the feeling but not acted on it? What if we could do that?
ESSAY: Leaning in to Uncertainty (Parashat Ki Tisa) Read More »
MEDITATION: Leaning In To Uncertainty (Parashat Ki Tisa)
What if the Israelites could have stayed with the feeling of uncertainty and unease, allowed the feeling but not acted on it? What if we could do that, learn to stay with the unease, with the questions, with the not knowing? (Click image to read more)
MEDITATION: Leaning In To Uncertainty (Parashat Ki Tisa) Read More »
WOW (Word of the Week): מאליה, “on its Own” (Parashat Tetzaveh)
We need to absorb some of this “on its own” energy, the sense that everything will unfold on its own, just as it should, beautifully, if we will only allow it to, if we can only do what Moshe did . . . (Click image to read more)
WOW (Word of the Week): מאליה, “on its Own” (Parashat Tetzaveh) Read More »
SHORT ESSAY: Making Room For God To Dwell Inside You (Parashat Terumah)
The thing is, in order to let God in, you have to make space inside. I don’t know about you, but my inner world is pretty crowded, stuffed tight with worries and judgments . . . (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: Making Room For God To Dwell Inside You (Parashat Terumah) Read More »
ESSAY: Putting Distance Around Our False Beliefs (Parashat Mishpatim)
False beliefs put you in a claustrophobic box, but truth will open the doors and the windows for you to step out into who you really are.
ESSAY: Putting Distance Around Our False Beliefs (Parashat Mishpatim) Read More »
MEDITATION: Putting Distance Around Our False Beliefs (Parashat Mishpatim)
In this meditation, we apply the phrase מדבר שקר תרחק, “keep yourself distant from falsehood’ (Ex. 23:7) to our inner falsehoods, to the core false beliefs about ourselves that lie hidden and unquestioned inside us, things like: “I am not enough” and “I don’t matter” and “I need to do everything just right.” We work
MEDITATION: Putting Distance Around Our False Beliefs (Parashat Mishpatim) Read More »
ESSAY: Envy and Our Own Inherent Value (Parashat Yitro)
You don’t need to knock on someone else’s door. You are whole in and of yourself. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Envy and Our Own Inherent Value (Parashat Yitro) Read More »
MEDITATION: Envy and Our Own Inherent Value (Parashat Yitro)
This meditation deals with the tenth commandment, lo tachmod, “you shall not covet” or envy what your neighbor has. Bringing to mind a situation in which we might feel some envy around the accomplishment or quality of another person, we then look at the healing response that the experience at Mount Sinai offers us —
MEDITATION: Envy and Our Own Inherent Value (Parashat Yitro) Read More »
ESSAY: What Stops You From Singing Your Soul’s Song (Parashat Beshalach)
What stops you from singing your “zimrat yah,” your divine song? What voices from your past, like the chasing Egyptians, hold you back? (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: What Stops You From Singing Your Soul’s Song (Parashat Beshalach) Read More »