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.
Join Rabbi Sheila Weinberg to look at the priestly blessing as meditation. She examines the qualities of blessing - the divine and infinite qualities we seek to implant in our lives, and what it means to receive blessings to be safe and protected, filled with kindness and grace, whole and at peace. Allowing the phrases to seep […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Counting the Omer - Week 7 - Malchut; Shmirat HaLashon: Guarding One’s Speach. Join Rabbi Sheila Weinberg for a meditation on letters of the the aleph bet, along with the breath, as a practice to help us settle the mind and see more clearly so that we can choose our words with greater care.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Counting the Omer - Week 6 - Yesod; Middah of Kesher: Connectedness. Join Rabbi Sheila Weinberg for a standing and walking meditation; connecting with the ground under your feet and connecting with your breath.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Counting the Omer - Week 5 - Hod; Middah of Hodayah: Gratitude. Join Rabbi Sheila Weinberg for a meditation on opening to gratitude in our daily lives, resting in the natural sense of peace and ease, in the flow of life, in modah ani.
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