PARSHAT TOLDOT 5784 TO BE PRESENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE QUESTION
To live our questions, rather than rush to answer them, becomes their own resolve.… Read More
PARSHAT CHAYEI SARAH 5784 TO IMAGINE OTHERWISE
With each act that takes responsibility for life we lessen despair’s grip on us and increase our capacity to imagine both ourselves and the world being different than it is now.… Read More
PARSHAT VAYERA 5784 RASHOMON GATE
We walk through a life often far more foggy than we would like. The responsibility to determine what is true requires reflection, integrity and above all a sense of justice.… Read More
PARSHAT LECH LECHA 5784 A PLACE OF INFINITE DESIRE
When we exchange control over others for deeper knowledge of ourselves, we begin the journey that leads to greater security and well-being.… Read More
PARSHAT NOACH 5784 ART AS VERB
The greatest structures we can build are those full of space for expanding possibilities. … Read More
PARSHAT B’REISHIT 5784 THE ALLURE OF AMBIGUITY
Through the allure of ambiguity we become participant artists creating beauty and meaning in the world.… Read More
SHEMINI ATZERET-SIMCHAT TORAH 5784 SACRED SHATTERING
We have come to the end. It is shattering and it is hopeful. On Simchat Torah we read the very last verses of the book of Deuteronomy. … Read More
PARSHAT HA’AZINU 5784 THE POWER TO SHATTER, THE POWER TO HEAL
To exist is a shattering experience. To become human is to learn the ways of healing. … Read More
PARSHAT KI TEITZEI 5783 IN THE AUGUST LIGHT OF ABIDING MEMORY
The sacred instruction to remember is a call to participate in a journey to freedom and responsibility that was started long ago. … Read More
PARSHAT SHEMOT 5783 TURNING ASIDE
It is hard to imagine a world in which one did not constantly encounter images created by Vincent Van Gogh. Today one does not need to make an effort to go to a museum to see them.… Read More