Join Rabbi Marc Margolius for a podcast on the period of S’firat HaOmer - counting the Omer – a period marking our spiritual journey from Egypt to Sinai – moving from breaking the bonds of slavery on Pessach to developing our capacity to open ourselves to the divine on Shavuot. Marc’s offering includes a teaching […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Join Rabbi Sheila Weinberg for a meditation on, and exploration of, what it means to experience life as b’tzelem Elohim – created in the divine image. We return to the beginning, to where it all starts, Chapter 1 of Genesis; recognizing that there can be no liberation from bondage without the affirmation of […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Join Rabbi Sheila Weinberg in this series of short podcasts in preparation for the High Holy Days.
“Achat Sha’alti me’eit Adonai, otah avakeish; shivti b’veit Adonai kol y’mei chayai, lachazot b’noam Adonai ulvakeir b’heichalo. One thing I ask of Adonai, for this do I yearn: to dwell in the house of Adonai all the […]
Join Rabbi Jonathan Slater for a discussion of the practice of engaging in and maintaining a spiritual practice; whether prayer, meditation or yoga. Throughout the latter part of the summer and into the fall we read through the book of Deuteronomy/Devarim, where Moses is speaking to the children of Israel, preparing them for […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Join Rabbi Sheila Weinberg for this meditation on shalom. Every day is a good day to pray for shalom. Our most important prayers are sealed with the prayer for shalom – Birkat Hamazon, the Amidah, the priestly blessing. We make our best efforts to work for peace in the world. You are invited […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )As we approach Shavuot, explore the physical experience of revelation with Rabbi Myriam Klotz. What is the embodied, sensory, experience of a moment of revelation of the sacred in the world?
With the season, we return to the Biblical moment of divine revelation through the gift of the Torah – a kinetic and […]
A glorious verse in Halel – “This is the day God has made, let us be glad and rejoice in it.” What a splendid reminder for a new month, season, or day. Spring begins March 20th, followed by Rosh Chodesh Nisan on March 26th. This is a good time to renew a practice […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Join Rabbi Myriam Klotz for this beautiful meditation on the menorah flames and engaging our capacity for sight. Chanukah invites us to see into the goodness that the creator has given us. As we see these flames without working with them - just seeing them - we train our hearts and inner vision to become more sensitive […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )In times of heightened fear and anxiety, we can turn to our tradition to find space to breathe. We can remember that even in what appear to be times of contraction, we can see the world expansively; we can access blessing, abundance, and compassion even in stressful times. Join Rabbi Marc Margolius for a re-centering […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )After the fall Holy Days we begin again with B’reishit, the story of creation. We return to innocence and wonder, the beginning of beginnings. We return to the awareness of an ever expanding and emerging world. Join Rabbi Sheila Weinberg for a meditation on tov – the intrinsic goodness and divinity of creation.
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