Place the sacred before your eyes.
And inscribe visions, ideals and dreams upon your heart.
Bring forth your offerings.
Lift up your gifts.
Read MorePlace the sacred before your eyes.
And inscribe visions, ideals and dreams upon your heart.
Bring forth your offerings.
Lift up your gifts.
Read MoreAdar Rishon, the first Adar, is an extra month—additional time. Added only 7 times every 19 years, its presence calls us to wonder about and explore our relationship to time. How do we engage with this precious gift?
Read MoreAfter the thunder, the lightning, the fire and smoke of Mt. Sinai—
After the experience of the Infinite filling us with light and love—
How do we live?
Read MoreAs we stand at Mt. Sinai and amid thunder, lightening and a mountain filled with flames, we listen as the One speaks to our hearts.
Read MoreStopping will help you discover what gives you faith and courage.
Read MoreThe trees, rivers, rocks and sky are our companions and guides.
Read MoreThe Book of Exodus opens with courageous acts of women.
Read MoreWe must find the capacity to be present and step into the unknown.
Read MoreWe can tell our stories in ways that encourage blame and guilt
Anger, resentment and pain.
And we can tell our stories in ways
That seek connection, that encourage love
And turn us toward forgiveness.
Break through your accustomed ways of seeing and being.
Dare to dream.
Be courageous in your imagining.
This is the gateway.
This is the path.
Let us go down to the well again and again, and let us rise up with loving kindness and generosity that is steadfast and true.
Read More There is no stopping the flow of time
And no way to avoid challenges, difficulty and pain.
"I choose a path of faith, and I place practices before me to guide my way." --Psalm 119:30
Read MoreAs we continue to step toward new beginnings
May we walk with care and devotion.
As we stand on the threshold of the New Year,
May the skies encourage a vast perspective that opens us to new possibilities.
May the fires of devotion give rise to loving, compassionate and determined actions.
Here in the midst of summer we begin the month of Elul, which initiates our spiritual preparation for the New Year.
Read MoreThis month we practice the cultivation of radical empathy.
Read MoreCultivating a strong and deep foundation of bitachon, trust, so we can see clearly and act wisely for the good of all.
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