Parents: Love & Judgment

Parents. Mine are long gone, but I still hear their voices. A mix of encouragement and—shall we say—correction. At Rosh…

Subconscious Mind: Omer 37

Gevurah, judgment. Yesod, foundation. Gevurah she’b’yesod. Good judgment is part of a good foundation. Ideally, says Aristotle, good judgment is…

Yesod. Foundation. Tiferet. Beauty. Yesod she’b’Tiferet. Foundation of Beauty. What’s the foundation of a beautiful soul? Repetition. Not the kind…

Netzach. Endurance. Gevurah. Judgment. Netzach she’b’gevurah. Enduring Judgment. Ever read evaluations of your own teaching? Or an event you led?…

Malchut. Another name for Shechinah, the maternal Divine Presence we can feel in everyday life. Malchut she’b’chesed. Presence in Love.…

Tiferet. Beauty. Tiferet she’b’chesed, the beauty in love. I want the people I love to find me beautiful. What do…

The “Examen.” A prayerful reflection, made famous by the Jesuit leader St. Ignatius of Loyola. Sometimes it takes you to…

COVID-19 has thrown some of us closer together. But not always for the best. At least, not in my neighbourhood.…

A family friend of ours died this summer, from COVID-19 complications. I was the officiating rabbi at his burial. No…