In this meditation we look at the difference between God’s vision of how to get water from a rock and Moshe’s vision, the one being relational and honoring, allowing a process to unfold, and the other using aggression and force (Numbers 20:7-13). We consider how these processes apply to us internally and externally in our […]
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What is the alternative to Korach’s mentality of comparison and discontent? Going back to Yaakov, we find an answer. (Click here to read more)
ESSAY: Knowing Our Own Wholeness (Parashat Korach) Read More »
In this meditation we explore the mentality of comparison and evaluation that leads to Korach’s envy and our own, and then we look to the much earlier Yaakov’s yesh li kol, “I have all,” meaning “I have everything I need” as an alternative orientation that allows the divine to fill us up and help us
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Stay steady with God’s gaze upon you. See yourself as God see you and remember who you really are. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Tzitzit: Remembering Who We Are (Parashat Shelach) Read More »
In this meditation, we look at the mitzvah of tzitzit as a symbol of our “tie” to God and as a reminder of who we really are in our divine essence and of the loving way in which God continually gazes upon us. Sources:Numbers 15:38-39Sefat Emet, Shelach 5635 (4:6)Psalms 97:11Midrash Tanchuma Shelach 15:1Rashi on Numbers
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We cannot offer them anything if we are enmeshed with them, if we have collapsed into their despair and fear and hatred. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: The Twin Powers of Arising and Returning (Parashat Beha’alotecha) Read More »
In this meditation, we look at the passage of vayehi beneso’a ha’aron as offering a healing mode in two parts. The first part, kumah — arising, involves empowering and separating from the difficult forces around us, the “haters” that are scattered by God’s power. The second part — shuvah — returning, involves turning back in
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You are not your feelings. You are the leader who tends to them. (Click image to read more)
This week, the second week of the Omer, is traditionally associated with the divine attribute of Gevurah, strength. In this meditation, we look at this attribute as our internal capacity for strong self leadership, taking back — from forces like the inner critic — the power to choose our own direction and live into our
The problem with idolatry is not just that it limits who God is, but also that it limits who we are as reflections of God. When we have idols, we, too, become more limited. In Hallel, we say that idols can’t see or hear or move, and – “so, too, are those who make them,
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