This parsha is dominated by the tocheichah, a lengthy description of terrible events that will befall us if we do not follow God. At one point, in the midst of these curses, we are told that the reason they come is tahat asher lo avadeta et Hashem elokekha besimchah uvetuv levav, “because you did not […]
MEDITATION: Serving God With What Brings You Joy (Parashat Ki Tavo) Read More »
Sometimes we are lying on the ground, and the only way to get up is to really let go into this otherworldly assistance, into our Higher Power, to admit that we can’t do it alone, but only “imo,” with God, and to open to that grace-filled support. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: “Imo”: Lifting Up Together (Parashat Ki Tetzei) Read More »
If you see your brother’s donkey falling down on the road from too many burdens, don’t turn away. Hakem takim imo. Lift it up together. (Deuteronomy 22:4). We all sometimes collapse from the weight of the burdens we carry. Sometimes we are the fallen ones and sometimes we are the ones helping lift someone else
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When a plant grows, it does not do so in order to show off or please others. It grows out a natural instinct to express itself, to be itself in the world. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Be “Tamim”: Stay True To Yourself (Parashat Shoftim) Read More »
Be tamim with Hashem your God. Find the pure unblemished place inside where you are truly with Hashem your God, where you are aligned with your divine essence. (Click image to read more)
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You are so much more than you thought. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: You Are God’s Beloved Child (Parashat Re’eh) Read More »
You are God’s children (Deuteronomy 14:1). Banim atem Lashem Elokeikhem. In this meditation, we explore what it would mean to live into this reality, to treat ourselves with the dignity and honor of a child of God. We look at the phrase that comes after this one, lo titgodedu, the prohibition against cutting yourself as
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This experience is to help you grow into your own heart, the fullness of your own soul. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Desert Suffering As Growth Process (Parashat Eikev) Read More »
The Israelites’ 40 year sojourn in the desert was an extremely challenging one, with snakes and hunger and thirst and difficulties at every turn. In this week’s parsha, this desert experience is described as a growth process, its purpose to help us learn something about our true nature and relationship to God. In this meditation,
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They travelled and they camped, they traveled and they camped. Both growth and rest, both becoming and being. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Both Growth and Rest (Parashat Matot-Masei) Read More »