May our hearts be strong and filled with courage, May the Infinite come through our words and actions.
-- Psalm 31:25
It would be easy to stay knocked down by despair, but we need each other to keep rising.
Read MoreFrom the heights of Yom Kippur we land in Sukkot, the festival of the Earth’s bounty. Sukkot calls us to take all we gathered from our journeys through Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and plant it in the ground. During sukkot we allow the wisdom our souls have received to guide us in setting intentions.
Read MoreBlessed is the Mystery that calls us to bring healing and create peace.
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May we see the goodness in ourselves, in each other and in the natural world, and may this goodness inspire our love and direct our actions toward healing and peace.
As we go into 5779, we ask ourselves: What qualities and what intentions do we want to place before our eyes that will help direct our attention and actions, and guide us into the fullness of life?
Read MoreAs the moon of Elul grows full, it lights the path into the New Year and calls forth practices to help guide the way.
The month of Elul calls: Return.
Return to awareness and alignment.
Return to loving relationship.
May our Elul practices open our awareness, call forth our compassion and inspire our actions for justice, dignity, healing and peace.
Read MoreThis month we stand in the moment, we look back at the year that's been, and we lift our eyes to the year to come.
Read MoreThe mystics teach that during Tammuz we “rectify our eyesight,” and practice seeing what is there rather than what our fears, expectations or habits conjure.
Read MoreHow to let yourself be inspired by the qualities of the current Hebrew month of Sivan
Read MoreWith all that is happening in our country and our world, it is easy for us to get into the habit of hardening our own hearts, making it more difficult to respond to each other with patience, love and understanding.
Read MoreTonight (February 14), we welcome the month of Adar, the month that brings Purim, the holiday of transformation and possibility.
Read MoreIn this video, Rabbi Yael Levy, founder of A Way In Jewish Mindfulness Organization, speaks about "What is Jewish Mindfulness?"
Read MoreLet us be inspired to continue to rise, amid the ruin and the rubble, and let us light the flames for goodness, for justice, for the health of the planet and the dignity of all.
Read MoreAs we come to the eighth and final night of Chanukah and the fullness of the light, we rededicate ourselves to living and acting in alignment with our highest values.
Read MoreNaming and noticing moments of joy, finding reasons to celebrate, joining in laughter and play strengthens and renews us.
Read MoreAs we light the candles, we acknowledge that the choices our great, great, great grandparents made have helped create this very moment, and the choices we make will help create the lives of people we will never know.
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