Vayikra: Flawed but Idealistic Vayikra – Leviticus. A flawed attempt to set up an ideal society. Some of its flaws…
Category: Jewish Practices
Home of Your Soul
Last week, I got an urgent text from one of our offspring. The text said: I’m spiraling a bit about…
Dayenu: Radical Gratitude
Dayenu —enough! It’s an expression of radical gratitude. And a good foundation for the work of teshuvah—repentance, repair, return. I…
Who Shall I Be This New Year?
Here is a New Year teaching for Rosh Hashanah from Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira of Piaseczna. With a brief commentary,…
Spiritual Key: Joy or Lament
A spiritual key. What do I mean? A key is a kind of musical mood. It brings forward a tune…
Omer 35: Spiritual Practice
Day 35: Shechinah she’b’Hod, Presence in Splendor Spiritual practice. Specifically, a form that is both traditional and non-traditional. So-called “speed…
Omer 33: A Lag Ba'Omer Prayer
Day 33: Hod she’b’Hod, Splendor, Gratitude, and Humility—squared TEXT: HATOV V’HAMEITIV Blessed are You, Adonai our God, King of the…
Sefirot: Spiritual Jewels
How can Moses see God? All of the secrets of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, are contained in today’s Torah…
Q: Omer 3, Beauty/Love
Day 3: Tiferet she’b’Chesed, Beauty within Love WHAT DO YOU THINK? What do you think is the most beautiful part…