God’s name: it can heal and it can hurt. How will you choose to speak it? Torah shows you options—and…
Category: God
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…
God is a Woman: Omer 42

Malchut. Also known as Shechinah, God’s Maternal Presence. Yesod. Foundation. Malchut she’b’Yesod: Mother God at the foundation of the world.…
Creator? You there? Omer 30

Gevurah. Judgment, boundary, form. Hod. Splendor. Gevurah she’b’hod. Forms of splendor. The tradition of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, describes God as…
Endure: Omer 26

God is eternal. Humans temporarily endure. We’re so different. But the Omer count gives us only “seven sefirot to describe…
Amazement: Omer 19

Hod. Gratitude. Tiferet. Beauty. Hod she’b’Tiferet. Gratitude in beauty. It’s spring in the rain forest. So, I get to see…
Creation in Kabbalah

Genesis: A non-literal Creation story Creation: the beginning of the Torah. A great time to reflect on how we read.…
From Judgment to Love

Day of Judgment Traditionally, Rosh Hashanah is the Day of Judgment. But in real life, every day is the Day…
Infinity: God in My Soul

Infinity: A perfect topic for my interview on this innovative podcast. It’s called PTR: Philosophy, Theology, and Religious studies. Or,…