the art of torah

PARSHAT TETZAVEH 5786 AN ANGEL OF EARTH

A home that welcomes the unexpected, the visitor, is one constructed for glory and beauty.…...

PARSHAT TERUMAH 5786 A TEXT THAT FLICKERS, A DOT THAT WANDERS

The path towards peace, fulfillment and responsibility involves shedding absolute certainty and the urge to...

PARSHAT MISHPATIM 5786 TO BEGIN WITHOUT BEGINNING

Sacred beginnings are not based on a knowledge of our destination. They are driven by...

PARSHAT YITRO 5786 TO SET THE SOUL VIBRATING

The awareness of what we share with one another doesn't lessen what we each have....

PARSHAT BESHALACH 5786 THE LONG, SHORTER WAY

The path of patience, effort and challenges may seem longer than one based on shortcuts...

PARSHAT BO 5786 FROM FEAR TO AWE

To move from fear to awe is to free ourselves of an isolating focus on...

PARSHAT VAERA 5786 THE BREATH OF REDEMPTION

To breathe unconstricted from fears and pains of the past and anxieties about the future...

PARSHAT SHEMOT 5786 THE MYSTERY OF BEING

Pharaoh does not know Joseph, the one who saved Egypt from destruction. Israelite reunion and...

PARSHAT VAYECHI 5786 A RESILIENT LIFE

A resilient life is one that returns again and again after loses and setbacks to...

PARSHAT VAYIGASH 5786 RING THE BELLS

It is not those who profess perfection who create a better world. It is those...

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RING THE BELLS: Winter Solstice

Here is an offering for this week of winter solstice, when we are inspired to...

PARSHAT MIKETZ 5786 SHATTERING AND HOPE

Memories are constructed framings of what we have experienced. Our brains can reframe those which...

PARSHAT VAYESHEV 5786 ACTS OF LOVE

The way of love has no certainty of a specific outcome. It is a path...

PARSHAT VAYISHLACH 5786 A LOVE SUPREME: THE BLESSING OF UNCERTAINTY

The blessing of uncertainty is the opportunity to discover what lies beyond the limits of...

PARSHAT VAYETZEI 5786 WHERE TO FIND HOPE

IN HONOR OF THANKSGIVING, WHICH ENCOURAGES US TO GATHER AROUND A TABLE WITH FAMILY AND...

PARSHAT TOLDOT 5786 THE BLESSING OF GENERATIONS

The way to the promise of fulfillment, fruition and peace requires an un-knowing of those...

PARSHAT CHAYEI SARAH 5786 A SINGLE GARMENT OF DESTINY

To be alive is to pierce the veil of separation and to behold the weave...

PARSHAT VAYERA 5786 THE POWER OF AN APPEARANCE

Appearances are constantly coming into our lives. They have the power to unlock the treasures...

PARSHAT LECH LECHA 5786 AN EMPTINESS FULL OF POSSIBILITIES

The journey to a new dimension of self occurs within a framework of fixed responsibilities...

PARSHAT NOACH 5786 LIVING THROUGH HARD RAIN

We can live fearlessly through tumultuous times by increasing our caring and compassion for others....

PARSHAT B’REISHIT 5786 DEEP CALLS UNTO DEEP

The deep that is beyond the universe itself and is the Source of all life...

YOM KIPPUR OFFERING: A BOUNDLESS LONGING FOR THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

We each share with all of creation a boundless longing for the Source of all...

PARSHAT NITZAVIM-VAYEILECH: UNFINISHED WORK

The sculptor Jacque Lipschitz was once asked: “How do you know when a work of...

PARSHAT NITZAVIM 5785 WHERE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE MEET

A healthy integration of past, present and future time perspectives promotes fulfillment of the divine...

PARSHAT KI TAVO 5785 BE FRUITFUL, TELL A STORY

By telling our stories we discover the common threads which we can weave together into...