The thirteen attributes of compassion. Divine compassion, that is. A list of qualities that, our Torah says, express God’s true…
Category: Wisdom
Can We Really Change?
The Ba’al Shem Tov on Creating Space for Something New Can a person really change? Think, feel, act differently? Yes, says the…
Feel the Fear
Fear is inevitable. What comes next is not. Our sages know this. Content warning: kings, scorpions, and other terrors—but with…
The Vision Before the Fall
What the prophets teach about division—and reconciliation Photograph by Laura Duhan-Kaplan Today is Shabbat Chazon, the Shabbat of Vision, the…
War: Where Do You Draw the Line?
Pacifists, Just War Theorists, and the Rest of Us Photograph by Laura Duhan-Kaplan For years I was active in Concerned…
After the Mountain
When cosmic consciousness fades, the inner work begins. Here is something the great prophets teach us. Seeing God doesn’t automatically…
Do Dreams Come True?
Dreams are symbolic communications. And, as Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman says, “Symbols symbolize.” That is, they don’t have a specific fixed…
Land: Look up From Your Screen and Listen
Land says: The land and everything that fills it, the world and all who dwell in it, are God’s (Psalms…
Sky Tells a Story About God
Sky says: “The sky tells a story about the glory of God; the expanse tells of God’s handiwork” (Psalm 19:2,…