This meditation connects Aharon’s stance of demamah, of stillness, at the death of his sons, to the “still, small voice” of God that Eliyahu experienced, understanding stillness as a divine point implanted in each of us that can hold any pain, no matter how intense. We work first on developing a sense of this stillness […]
MEDITATION: The Stillness that Can Hold Pain (Parashat Shemini) Read More »
In the aftermath of tragedy, Aharon encountered a different, quieter aspect of God — the ability to sit still with pain, not to get ride of it or fix it, but simply to be present with it . . . (Click image to read more)
WOW (Word of the Week): וידם, “He was still and Silent” (Parashat Shemini) Read More »
(Originally published in 2019) God’s Glory fills the Tabernacle. What happens next is extra. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: No Need For Extra (Parashat Shemini) Read More »
And to us, too, God calls lovingly, a constant call to come close. (Click image to read more)
WOW (Word of the Week): ויקרא, Vayikra — The Call to Come Close (Parashat Vayikra) Read More »
We see and honor each of our internal parts as having a place insde us, just as Moshe saw and anointed each of the vessels of the Mishkan (Tabernacle). (Click image to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: All Parts Have a Place (Parashat Pekudei) Read More »
The women quite literally spun the wool while it was still on the goats’ backs. (Click image to read more)
(Originally published in 2021)
Come with me on this journey of self- and other – love. You can be as exquisite as I (well, almost anyhow). (Click image to read more)
POEM: Kiyor Mirrors (Parashat Vayakhel) Read More »
This essay considers the Golden Calf incident and the divine encounter in the cleft of the rock as two alternative approaches to anxiety, one a false refuge and the other a true one. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: Anxiety and the Two Rocks (Parashat Ki Tisa) Read More »
In this meditation, we explore the feeling of being held in the cleft of the Rock of Life as a response to the shakiness which the people experienced upon awaiting Moshe’s return, and which we all regularly experience.
MEDITATION: The Cleft in the Rock (Parashat Ki Tisa) Read More »
(Originally published in 2021) Our vulnerability is our Holy of Holies. It is in this tender human heart that God resides. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: True Refuge for our Vulnerable Heart (Parashat Ki Tisa) Read More »