Lech Lecha: Go

This week's Torah portion, Lech Lecha, opens with a call to each of us, to all of us:

Go.

Leave the habits and imperatives that have become constricting,

Leave the stories and expectations

That have defined who you are

And who you are meant to become.

Take with you all that inspires strength and love.

The way forward is unclear,

But as you take your steps the path will appear.

And the goal of this journey?

The reason to leap,

To struggle, to let go, to risk?

The reason to rise and fall

And rise again and again?

Is to be a blessing.

To discover a new the good that we are.

To discover anew

The shape of our offerings

And the ways the Divine can come through us into the world.

Lech Lecha calls:

Go deep,

Reach high,

Because the ways we live matters,

Not just for us

But for all those who will call us ancestor.

The path awaits our willingness.

The world awaits our blessings.

May we go with strength and love.

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As we go towards these last days before the election,

May we set an intention to steady ourselves and take good care.

As we begin each day it might be helpful to say:

May all I do today be aligned for healing, for tzedek, for shalom.

Blessings to all

Rabbi Yael
 

This Week's Audio Teachings

Torah Study
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Morning Meditation Sit
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