God is present in the clarity of mystical experience AND in the cluttered consciousness of everyday mind. How can we learn to…
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Wake up, wake up!
Don’t stress, and don’t be angry with yourselves that you sold me here into slavery; actually God sent me ahead…
By Spirit Alone (Haftarat Hanukah)
Between 538 and 520 BCE, a first wave of Jews exiled from Judea by Nebuchadnezzar leave Persia to come home.…
Magic Stones (Vayetze)
Jacob sets out from Beersheva towards Charan. He encounters a place, and sleeps there, because the sun has set. He…
The Soul of the Golem is Truth
Last week, CNN ran a controversial banner: “Alt-Right Founder Questions if Jews are People.” On the one hand: Move on…
Don't Let Religion Divide Us
Spirit cloaks itself in different cultural expressions. And some religious teachers have used difference to denigrate and divide. In 55…
Ladder of Prayer
Jewish communal prayer is both liturgy and experience. The liturgy expresses a theology — a theory about God. The experience stimulates inner…
On Eagle's Wings (Ha'azinu)
Every time I see a bald eagle soar, my heart soars, celebrating the return of this majestic, intelligent bird to…
Where did that sermon come from, Rabbi?
Saturday January 1, 2005: My first day of work as a congregational rabbi. “You can lead part of the service,”…