The simple things are not so simple I just returned from the Chavaya Festival—a Jewish Renewal music festival in the Pacific…
Category: Jewish Renewal
Aleph: Breath Before Breath
Aleph Before any sound AlephBreath before breatha pausebefore the first letterof creation Not silencebut living stillnessfrom which every songis born…
Renewing Jewish Spiritual Leadership: Vayikra's Small Aleph
When I was a teen in New York City, my father and I liked to slip out of the house…
Noah's Raven: Honoring R. Arthur Waskow
RAVEN: A WORD OF TORAH IN HONOUR OF R. ARTHUR WASKOW Z”L Rabbi Arthur Waskow passed away on October 20,…
Ten Commandments: Inner Edition
The Ten Commandments. In Hebrew, Aseret Hadibrot. The Hebrew does not tell us to think of them as ten commandments…
Rachel Barenblat: Poetry, Liturgy & Spiritual Practice
Rachel Barenblat: the interview! I’m so delighted to interview poet and Rabbi Rachel Barenblat! We chatted about poetry, prayer, spiritual…
R. Zalman: God's Soul-Friend
Yahrzeit of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l. Fifth day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz. So, in Reb Zalman’s honour, ALEPH…
Sustainability: The New True Meaning of Hanukah
The history of Hanukah may be fixed for all time. But the meaning we find in Hanukah? That changes, year…
Wedding: Make it Beautiful, Officiants!
Wedding season! June, July and August. Some say the future is bleak. But couples are still falling in love, marrying and planning…