Torah challenges our tendency to find a single meaning for any word, any event, any human being. The holiday of Shavuot is a most glorious example of that. … Read More

The purpose of Torah’s census was not to quantify but to affirm the worth of each individual. That is the difference between merely counting people and taking account of people.… Read More

A liberty that frees all is built on the released grip of domination, the open heart of welcome and the shared field of resources in times of need.… Read More

To rely solely on strict judgment to repair the effects of life’s inevitable unfairnesses exposes us to a chronic condition of disappointment and cynicism. We also need to find a way for our soul to be reassured that we are loved and valued.… Read More

More than shared interests, backgrounds and points of view, it may be our strangeness to one another that is the enduring source of our commonality.… Read More

The struggle for life is less about defending ourselves from attack and more about increasing our capacity for intimacy.… Read More

The way to the future is paved by overcoming our impediments to intimacy.… Read More

“In every generation, you must see yourself as if you yourself came out of Egypt.” … Read More

A state of liminal flow, that between wakefulness and dreaming, can release us from a constraining past and enable us to experience an empowering new future.… Read More

The Mishkan and its rituals were designed to help us overcome the distance we might imagine exists between ourselves and the Source of all life. That inspires us to know we can do the same with those around us.… Read More