Kabbalah, of course. My second most popular post is about the Kabbalistic prayer Ana Bekoach. Read by 6,200 (so far).…
Category: Prayer
Jason Byassee: Writing, Tradition, and Pluralism
Thanks to my colleague Rev. Dr. Jason Byassee for agreeing to this interview! Jason works with me at the Vancouver…
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…
Pray for Peace?
Shalom. Peace. Integration. Wholeness. Hello and goodbye—an entire cycle of welcome. A face of the divine, according to the priestly…
Whom Can I Accuse?
“Whom can I accuse, of whom revenge demand, when I have borne deep suffering at my own hand?” This whole…
The Lord's Prayer on Tisha B'Av?
What does the Lord’s Prayer have to do with Tisha B’Av? Specifically: what was I thinking when I agreed to…
Spiritual Retreat: Even One Day is Enough
A personal spiritual retreat. Just for a day, I went to Bethlehem Centre, in Nanaimo, Canada. Before bed, the first…
Ibn Gabirol: At Dawn I Seek You
Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021-1070) was a great liturgical poet. His spiritual poetry is elegant, ordered, philosophical. But his inner life was…
Praise God, Yishtabach Shimcha: Learn to See in a New Key
Praise. For God, that is. Two days ago, I thought I understood praise. But I was wrong. Yesterday, I learned…