Hope and despair. I would like to share a teaching from a 20th century Hasidic teacher, Rabbi Kalman Kalonymus Shapira.…
Category: Wisdom
Nephilim: Still Around?
Who are the Nephilim? And what are they doing at the beginning of the Book of Deuteronomy? Nothing good, most…
Unetaneh Tokef: Hard Times
Unetanah Tokef is a poetic prayer with guidance for hard times. At least, that’s how I read Unetaneh Tokef this…
Ten Commandments: Inner Edition
The Ten Commandments. In Hebrew, Aseret Hadibrot. The Hebrew does not tell us to think of them as ten commandments…
Resilience: Omer 44
Today’s topic is resilience. I think it fits with the day’s quality. Gevurah means Judgment. Malchut is another name for…
World Foundation: Omer 39
Netzach, endurance. Yesod, foundation. Netzach she’b’yesod. An enduring foundation. History doesn’t repeat. But it does rhyme, says historian Timothy Snyder.…
Balance: Omer 38
Tiferet: Balance. Yesod: Foundation. Tiferet she’b’yesod: Balance as a foundation. Where is the point of balance? Where do our bodies…
Subconscious Mind: Omer 37
Gevurah, judgment. Yesod, foundation. Gevurah she’b’yesod. Good judgment is part of a good foundation. Ideally, says Aristotle, good judgment is…