Living sometimes causes us to become self-preoccupied, insensitive and even harsh towards others. To become re-attached to holiness, to wholeness, involves wonder, curiosity, and love. … Read More

The conclusion of the seventh day is the beginning of human creativity. We separate from intense holiness in order to make holiness real in the world. … Read More

To know one’s own limitations, deficiencies, the fragments of oneself is the beginning of creating wholeness. … Read More

Good leaders help others to expand their presence and place in the story. … Read More

The march through the Book of Exodus begins in slavery, in fracture, and concludes with a celebration of what unique individuals can construct when united in noble purpose.… Read More

Lasting change is created not as dramatic spectacle but step by step. Done so naturally, so mundanely that one is even unaware that one has performed a miracle, that one has become a source of radiance.… Read More

Each of us is adorned with garments for glory and splendor. They signify our power to make the world more beautiful and just. … Read More

To build a Mishkan is to construct a framework out of our lives that will allow compassion, justice and love to spill forth from us and across our world. … Read More

The transformative moment that is Sinai comes in response to a human readiness for new responsibilities for self-governing and self-discovery. … Read More

The call to human spiritual greatness and moral responsibility didn’t happen just once. It happens every day. We tremble at its evocation of us.… Read More