Are you surprised that Balaam’s donkey sees an angel?Don’t be! Says Rashi, the great medieval commentator. Because spiritual beings do exist.But…
Grasshopper Irony
Great ironic grasshopper story in this week’s Torah reading! And with a choice of moral lessons, too! Here’s how it…
Ten Commandments: Inner Edition
The Ten Commandments. In Hebrew, Aseret Hadibrot. The Hebrew does not tell us to think of them as ten commandments…
Spiritual Birth: Omer 49
Birth Day. That’s one way of thinking about the last day of the Omer. The day we touch on Shechinah…
Activism: Omer 48
Yesod she’b’malchut: Foundation of the divine kingdom. Today I’m thinking about activism. That’s how we create a perfected “kingdom” on…
Afterlife: Omer 46
Netzach: eternity. Malchut or Shechinah: close divine spiritual presence. I think about the afterlife sometimes. As in life after death.…
Bad News: Omer 45
Tiferet means balance. Malchut, the Kingdom, is also known as Shechinah, the Presence. Tiferet she’b’Malchut could refer to the presence…
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…
God is a Woman: Omer 42
Malchut. Also known as Shechinah, God’s Maternal Presence. Yesod. Foundation. Malchut she’b’Yesod: Mother God at the foundation of the world.…