Gevurah urges us to consider the power of restraint and to wonder about limits we can engage with that will calm our minds and nourish our souls.
Read MoreThis Pesach Shabbat may we rest in the beauty of the world blossoming.
May the green buds and the flowers shining yellow, pink and red give us hope.
Read MoreMay we release all that has kept us bound. May we know our connection with all life. And as we listen to the cries for freedom that sound throughout the world, may we hear them as our own.
Read MoreEach Season has its call,
Each Festival has its light
That shines from the depths
Of the mystery.
Read MoreAs the earth continues to guide us into spring
The month of Nisan arrives and calls:
Grow, Blossom, Become.
Read MoreThese are questions for reflection as we search out the chamaytz—the attitudes and behaviors that keep us bound.
Read MoreDuring these days of Nisan, we search out the chamaytz—the attitudes and habits that bind us to fear and cause us to feel separate and unable to live and love fully.
Read MoreMay the softening of the hardened heart guide us to enter into fuller connection with each other and the unfolding of all life.
Read MoreThis month (Nisan) shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you. (Exodus 12:1)
Read MoreIn this supplement, Rabbi Yael suggests blessings and meditations for the four cups.
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As the month of Nisan begins tonight, the winds shift and the waters begin to lap at the shores.