On the eighth day, after much preparation and anticipation, to much fanfare, the Glory of God finally appears in the Tabernacle and the people sing out and fall on their faces in joy and awe. At this moment, Nadav and Avihu, the two sons of Aaron, grab their pans and their own fire and bring […]
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As the mishkan gets built and dismantled, built and dismantled — as our lives go through their ups and their downs — the Torah’s advice is: stay grounded in your seat in the sanctuary. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Staying Centered Through the Ups and Downs (Parashat Tzav) Read More »
There is a tradition that during the 7 day period of the miluim, the days of practice and initiation before the tabernacle was officially consecrated on day 8, during each of those 7 days, Moshe erected and took down the mishkan (Midrash Tanchuma Pekudei 11). We look at this practice of construction and dismantling as
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What if, like Betzalel, we are not wrong? What if God and the universe depend on our speaking out our truth? (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Betzalel and the Honoring of Our Intuitive Knowing (Parashat Pekudei) Read More »
What if God and the universe wants and needs us to listen to that inkling, to that intuition, to that knowing? What if the world depends on it? (Click image to read more and listen)
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You are not your anxiety. You are the you that is anchored in your shabbat resting place. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Not Consumed By Fire (Parashat Vayakhel) Read More »
In this meditation, we look at the Shabbat prohibition of “not kindling a fire in all your dwelling places” (Exodus 35:3) in dialogue with the burning bush incident, interpreting the “fire” as any strong emotion that threatens to consume you and understanding the prohibition against kindling such a fire “in all your dwelling places” as
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Come rest your frantic parts in this double sanctuary of stillness and presence. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Our Idolatrous Impulse And The Container(s) That Can Hold It (Parashat Ki Tisa) Read More »
In this meditation, we look at the Golden Calf and our tendency to idolatry as a search for redemption in people and things other than God. We explore the urgency, anxiety and restlessness brough on by this constant external search and then feel into how the surrounding container of shabbat and mishkan (tabernacle) –inside us
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Whom do you carry on your shoulders and in your heart? Here is what is different about how the Kohen Gadol did it . . . (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Carrying Others In Our Heart The Way The High Priest Does (Parashat Tetzaveh) Read More »