The ark, the raven, and a place that knows how to find balance Photograph by Laura Duhan-Kaplan The Great Bear…
Where Is Wisdom in the Genesis Creation Story?
A hornet, a Hebrew verb, and the creatures who helped make the world One morning, I am at the Grind…
How to Actually Change This Year
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The Thirteen Attributes of Compassion
Reciting the divine attributes until they shape who we are The thirteen attributes of compassion. Divine compassion, that is. A…
Can We Really Change?
The Ba’al Shem Tov on Creating Space for Something New Can a person really change? Think, feel, act differently? Yes, says the…
The Story We Live
Two Distinct Stories about What it Means to Be Jewish Hidden Inside Five Verses of Torah To be Jewish is…
Coming Home to a Cosmic Wedding
The mystical meaning of Kabbalat Shabbat The first sentence invites you to an ecstatic musical celebration in Vancouver…the rest invites…
A 360° Overview of Life
The simple things are not so simple I just returned from the Chavaya Festival—a Jewish Renewal music festival in the Pacific…
Aleph: Breath Before Breath
Aleph Before any sound AlephBreath before breatha pausebefore the first letterof creation Not silencebut living stillnessfrom which every songis born…