PARSHAT BALAK 5781 OPEN MY EYES
Even with all of our weaknesses and misdirected inclinations it is possible to have our eyes opened to the beauty of holiness and community. … Read More
PARSHAT KORACH 5781 VITAL RUPTURES
Ruptures are a necessary part of creation. That’s how the universe, our species, and we as individuals came into existence. Some ruptures merely destroy. Others promote new life. There is an art to making ruptures that create new ways forward.… Read More
PARSHAT CHUKAT 5781 TO PAINT IS TO HAVE FAITH
To have faith involves creativity, an artistry to see beyond the evident and obvious. Such faith powers the ongoing journey to freedom.… Read More
PARSHAT SH’LACH LECHA 5781 MAKING DREAMS REAL
Every day we are challenged: to live in our dream world or to make our dream real in the world.… Read More
PARSHAT BEHA’ALOTECHA 5781 A HIDDEN WHOLENESS
The book of Numbers is a journey of stumbling, in deeds and in words. Such stumbling is not an obstacle to a successful journey through the wilderness. It is the only way to achieve the promise of wholeness. … Read More
PARSHAT NASO 5781 ONE NATION, MANY ASPECTS
Our differences, when properly applied, unify us as one nation. … Read More
PARSHAT BAMIDBAR 5781 DESIRE WITHIN THE WILDERNESS
The journey through the wilderness is not primarily across a geographic span. It is an odyssey into the self. … Read More
PARSHAT BEHAR-BECHUKOTAI 5781 TO BE A STRANGER AND A DWELLER
The lesson of the Book of Leviticus is about the rigors of love. To live both individually and coupled. To exist as both separate and united.… Read More
PARSHAT EMOR 5781 HOW LOVERS MEET
Lovers meet in an embrace of mutual respect, dignity, values and passion. Shabbat is such an embrace.… Read More
PARSHAT ACHAREI MOT-KEDOSHIM 5781 THE ILLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE REALMS
Torah reminds us that out lives are not our own. Our individual origins lie in the Source of all creation, and we are called upon to live for the sake of all creation.… Read More