PARSHAT KEDOSHIM 5782 FRUIT OF THE FIFTH YEAR
To become truly free is more than an instantaneous release from constraint. It involves practiced growth and development. The fruit of that harvest is a rich offering to share with all.… Read More
To become truly free is more than an instantaneous release from constraint. It involves practiced growth and development. The fruit of that harvest is a rich offering to share with all.… Read More
Buried deep within us, past traumatic events can interfere with our progress toward fulfillment, presence, and love. To develop a new sense of self that does not feel controlled by the past is an important part of our journey.… Read More
How we deal with our encounters with death can either increase the darkness or create more light surrounding our lives.… Read More
To help someone who has been marginalized back into the life of a community is holy work.… Read More
To birth a new reality into the world is both natural and historic, both an instinctual act and a matter of choice.… Read More
To live in faith is not the same as living with certainty. To live in faith is to live in peace with uncertainty.… Read More
Within each one of us is a longing for recognition by and connection with others. It is the flame of love, an incandescence stoked daily by how we treat one another.… Read More
Offering up our animal self for the sake of the sacred makes it more possible to be close not only to God but also to one another.… Read More
The journey to freedom involves dismantling a structure based on fears, suppression and lack of empathy and building with others one based on love, embrace and an awareness of the multi-faceted nature of life.… Read More
Our words are like fire. They have the power to divide and destroy or the power to fuse and unify. The first comes from fear, the second from love. … Read More