(Originally published in 2021) The Torah wants to ensure that, no matter how far we wander, we always know our way home. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: Returning to our Holding (Parashat Behar) Read More »
We all have an ani, a poor person, inside us, a part of us that feels impoverished, inadequate, less than, deficient in some way, a part that makes mistakes and does not get it right some – or maybe even most – of the time. These parts want something; they want something desperately; they have
SHORT ESSAY: Peah: Rest Your Inadequacy Here (Parashat Emor) Read More »
In this meditation, we explore the mitzvah of peah, of leaving the corners of your fields unharvested for the needy. We consider the needy parts of ourselves, the parts that want love and attention and the parts that feel impoverished and inadequate in some way, and we invite those needy parts to rest in the
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(Originally published in 2021) The journey of the Omer is an apt metaphor for the journey taken by each of our souls in this world from birth to death. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: Sefirat HaOmer and the Soul’s Journey Home (Parashat Emor) Read More »
Do we hate parts of ourselves? It may be hard to recognize, but I think most of us do. (Click image to read more)
QUICK THOUGHT: Do Not Hate Your Inner Brother (Parashat Kedoshim) Read More »
Reverse the verse: Love yourself as you would love a friend. (Click image to read more)
QUICK THOUGHT: “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself”: Reverse the Verse (Parashat Kedoshim) Read More »
The commandment to “love your neighbor as you love yourself” assumes and depends upon a strong love of self. In this meditation, we work on this “yourself” side of the command, using the Torah’s words here to move through an exploration of how we reject and hate parts of ourselves to befriending and loving those
MEDITATION: Kamokha: As You Love Yourself Read More »
If you want to come into the divine sanctuary, you cannot do so with “kol et,” weighed down by all of time, by all the traums of the past and the worries over the future. Enter only with “zot,” with this moment. (Click image to read more)
QUICK THOUGHT: Enter With Only This (Parashat Acharei Mot) Read More »
(Originally published in 2021) This afflication is indeed a gift. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: The Hidden Treasure Inside Us (Parashat Metzora) Read More »
The first commandment the Isarelites receive as a nation is to mark the new moon. In this meditation, we look at this commandment as an invitation to remember our own capacity for renewal. (Click image to read more)
MEDITATION: Release and Renewal (Parashat HaChodesh, Passover and Parashat Bo) Read More »