PARSHAT BESHALACH 5784 TO IMAGINE WHAT IS NOT THE SELF
To know oneself is a powerful beginning to being a healthy human being. To imagine what is not the self helps us develop our sacred purpose. … Read More
PARSHAT BO 5784 TO ENTER THE EXPANSE
In fear we feel isolated in a very limited world. With awe we experience a world that is vast and our connection to it. … Read More
PARSHAT VAERA 5784 THE LIBERATING POWER OF REVERIE
To loosen the grip the seemingly inevitable has on us begins our journey to make our way in the world. … Read More
PARSHAT SHEMOT 5784 WHAT’S IN A NAME
With Parshat Shemot Torah’s story becomes a tale about recovering one’s name: one’s legacy and one’s purpose.
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PARSHAT VAYECHI 5784 AN OPEN COMPOSITION
Open works of art engage us as participants in and not mere observers of creativity. To live that way lies at the heart of building community.… Read More
PARSHAT EMOR 5784 – STILL LIFE THAT IS HARDLY STILL
Whether it is a text, a painting or ourselves, what defines perfection is not a finalized, unalterable nature but the infinite dimensions of meaning to be found there.… Read More
PARSHAT VAYIGASH 5784 REFRAMING THE PAST
When we find a way to simultaneously honor our past and critique the limitations in the present it has created, we shape a future iridescent with possibilities. … Read More
PARSHAT MIKETZ 5784 REVIVAL OF IMAGINATION
Every crisis bears within it both brokenness and hope. To act upon the hope within it is a renaissance of imagination, of life itself.… Read More
PARSHAT VAYESHEV 5784 THE BEWILDERING OF SERENE FAITH
Such a lovely, fun holiday starts this week. The lighting of candles. The eating of rich, indulgent foods like potato latkes and sufganiyot.… Read More
PARSHAT VAYISHLACH 5784 WHEN THE SUBLIME AND MUNDANE EMBRACE
When we make ourselves vulnerable to a struggle between our self-centered anxieties and our sacred possibilities, we can access new dimensions of courage, resilience and compassion.… Read More