On the night of the last plague, at the exact midpoint of the night, its darkest time, amidst the anguished cries of the Egyptians, the Israelites, standing in their doorways painted with blood, experienced a revelation, what the rabbis refer to as giluy shechinah, “the revelation of divine presence.” The dogs stopped barking, the dough […]
MEDITATION: When the Dogs Stopped Barking (Parashat Bo) Read More »
He did not save himself. He learend to surrender to the saving that wanted to happen. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Floating into Redemption (Parashat Va’era) Read More »
In order to achieve our own redemption, we need to become like Moshe in his ability to surrender to God and to open to the divine redemptive process. (Click image to read more)
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We are not our fires. We are the burning bush that cannot be consumed. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Not Consumed By Our Fiery Emotions (Parashat Shemot) Read More »
In this meditation, we look at the image of the burning bush that was not consumed. We become aware of our internal fires of suffering and emotion and we find within them a pont of perfect stillness, like the eye of the storm. We experiment with holding both energies at once, both the raging fire
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There is spaciousness in these words, the spaciousness of dropping what we are doing and suddenly turning toward God amidst it all. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Hope Amidst It All (Parashat Vayechi) Read More »
In the middle of Yaakov’s final words to his children, he suddenly turns to God in prayer with three words — לישועתך קויתי ה, “I hope for Your salvation, O Lord!” (Click image to read more)
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(Originally published in 2020) In these two parshiyot, we witness Yosef’s healing from trauma. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: On Yosef’s Healing Process (Parashat Miketz and Parashat Vayigash) Read More »
Dedicated to the memory of Gavriella Bader, z”l, a caring friend to my children and a beautiful human being. May her memory be a blessing, as her life was a blessing. Yaakov is inconsolable at what he thinks is his son Yosef’s death. His children come to comfort him and vayema’en lehitnahem, “he refuses to
ESSAY: Crying with the Inconsolable (Parashat Vayeshev) Read More »
This meditation is dedicated to the memory of Gavriella Bader, z”l, a caring friend to my children and a beautiful human being. May her memory be a blessing, as her life was a blessing, and may the family be comforted by God among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. In this meditation we consider Yaakov’s
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