the art of torah
PARSHAT BESHALACH 5785 CROSSING THE DEEP
“They say – and I am willing to believe it – that it is difficult...
Read MorePARSHAT BO 5785 COMINGS AND GOINGS
When we confront and overcome internally our personal constrictions, we are better equipped to overcome...
Read MorePARSHAT VAERA 5785 REMOVING THE VEIL
Each of us is constituted of the answers we seek. When we scratch away at...
Read MorePARSHAT SHEMOT 5785 A VESSEL OF MEANING
Our power to use language in a way that does not pose final answers but...
Read MorePARSHAT VAYECHI 5785 THE ART OF INFINITE POSSIBILITIES
Life is found through the questions we ask and the creativity within us they unleash.…...
Read MorePARSHAT VAYIGASH 5785 ESTRANGEMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION
Disorienting experiences can drive us deeper into old patterns. Or they can open us up...
Read MorePARSHAT MIKETZ 5785 A MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR
Separations are a natural part of development. How we handle them determines whether they lead...
Read MorePARSHAT VAYESHEV 5785 THE BEAUTY OF UNCERTAINTY
Surrendering our drive for total control over others gains us greater power than we ever...
Read MorePARSHAT VAYISHLACH 5785 WHEN WILL THIS CRISIS BE OVER?
Every crisis in our life gives us the opportunity to become a better version of...
Read MorePARSHAT VAYETZEI 5785 THE WAY OF DISPOSSESSION
The journey to the divine promise of peace and wholeness involves overcoming narrowness and deepening...
Read MorePARSHAT TOLDOT 5785
IN HONOR OF THANKSGIVING WHICH ENCOURAGES US TO GATHER AROUND A TABLE WITH FAMILY AND...
Read MorePARSHAT CHAYEI SARA 5785 TO BLUNT THE ABSOLUTE
We can overcome the absoluteness of death by attuning ourselves to and walking as caring...
Read MorePARSHAT VAYERA 5785 THE POWER OF TESTIFYING
Torah invites us into a conversation. Our testifying of it can be transformational. … Read...
Read MorePARSHAT LECH LECHA 5785 WHAT’S NOT THERE
A readiness to embark on a journey of endless self-discovery brings us to the land...
Read MorePARSHAT NOACH 5785 TO BE AWARE OF PRESENCE
Expanding our awareness of the presence of others increases our hopes to avoid catastrophic floods...
Read MorePARSHAT B’REISHIT 5785 TO BE IN THE FLOW
What brings us peace are not attempts at controlling creation but at being in attunement...
Read MorePARSHAT NITZAVIM-VAYEILECH 5784 UNFINISHED WORK
Torah teaches us a song that is not finished. It invites us to be co-creators...
Read MorePARSHAT KI TAVO 5784 TELL THE STORY
Telling the Jewish story provokes more questions than it provides answers. And that precisely how...
Read MorePARSHAT KI TEITZEI 5784 WHEN YOU GO OUT
When we go out from the fears and anxieties and narrow visions that constrain our...
Read MorePARSHAT SHOFTIM 5784 THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
The pursuit of happiness is found not in the endless chasing after things and experiences...
Read MorePARSHAT RE’EH 5784
To experience the divine promise of settlement and fruition in the world requires our creating...
Read MorePARSHAT EKEV 5784 WHAT IS IT?
That which is unfamiliar, a mystery, leads us to an imaginative knowledge, through which we...
Read MorePARSHAT VAETCHANAN 5784 NOTHING FROM SOMETHING
Set yourself aside. You will not perish. You will discover the promise. … Read More
Read MorePARSHAT DEVARIM 5784 DOWN TO EARTH
Do you dream? In ancient cultures, dreams were thought to contain messages from the gods.…...
Read MorePARSHAT MATOT-MASEI 5784 THE PLAY OF AMBIGUITY
Ambiguity is not an obstacle to meaning. It is the very source of it. …...
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