Holiday Teachings

The matzah itself is a neutral object.  It is simple flat bread that sits at the center of the table and doesn’t talk or move and yet, even still, it goes through changes.  As we evolve and [...]

Pesach teachings over the years (2003-present.)

Shifra Hendrie doesn’t miss a beat.  She has organized five days of panel-discussions around the topic of CORONAVIRUS & CO-CREATION: From Chaos to Consciousness Sarah Yehudit will be [...]

Chashmal thus becomes the codeword for embracing paradox by skirting back and forth between opposing perspectives and admitting the truth that’s present in each. This kinetic approach to [...]

PURIM PARTY IS STILL ON. COME ONE, COME ALL. PURIM SAMEACH…SY You are joyfully invited to   The 30th Annual Open-House, DAIRY, Pot-Luck (Dance & Learn) Purim Party for Women at Sarah [...]

Purim Teachings Through the Years (1988 – Present).

We are happy to invite you to an exciting life-changing event called: THE GLOBAL GEULA SUMMIT, Season II: Conversations from the Edge of Human Potential. It is a series of life-changing, online [...]

We are happy to invite you to an exciting life-changing event called: THE GLOBAL GEULA SUMMIT, Season II: Conversations from the Edge of Human Potential. It is a series of life-changing, online [...]

The Still Small VoiceTu B'Shvat Hagada, fifteen years in the making, is finally available for public enjoyment.

The word for etrog (אתרוג) relates to the Hebrew root, רגג, which means, “to long and desire.”  For this reason etrog corresponds to to the heart area, the center of conscious emotion and desire.

Tu B’Shvat teachings over the years (2007-present).

Since Chanukka and Purim reference toward the future, R. Luria associates them with Mashiach ben David, and the 7th marriage blessing when “the woman of valor becomes the crown to her husband.” [...]

Just as eyes are windows to the soul, so the Chanukka lights are windows into the soul of the chag.

Rosh Hashana marks the conception (when the thought of creation arose within the mind of G-d) and Pesach marks the actual birth (when an actual “creature” evolved that could hold the level of [...]

A bounty of teachings on how to prepare for Rosh HaShana and how to direct one's intentions on the day itself. Teachings about teshuva, prayer and shofar.

Tisha B’Av 2018 / 5778 Sarah Yehudit Schneider This year we have an awkward convergence. Tisha B’Av—the day for mourning the woes of our nation—falls on Shabbos—our day of spiritual delight [...]

Tisha B’Av teachings over the years (2007-present).

This Torah of Atzilut was what Adam would have received had he not opted for duality, preferring Knowledge of Good and Evil over the Tree of Life’s non-dual Knowledge-of-the-Holy-One.  It is also [...]

This Torah of Atzilut was what Adam would have received had he not opted for duality, preferring Knowledge of Good and Evil over the Tree of Life’s non-dual Knowledge-of-the-Holy-One.  It is also [...]

Shavuot teachings over the years (2008-2016).

The Fifteen Stages That Form the Backbone of Our Pesach Ritual and trace the soul’s journey from conception, birth, childhood, maturity and, finally, enlightenment.

Purim 2019 / 5779 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Based on R. YYYY Safrin of  Komara’s Commentary on Esther called Ketem Ofier (4:1 – 5:4) Mordecai charges Esther to go before the king, and plead for her [...]

“If the Torah had not been given, we would still have learned modesty from the cat, industriousness from the ant…” and many important instructions-by-example from the plant kingdom. [TB Eruvin [...]

The kabbalists read into Chanukka’s eight days, a journey of progressive tikun down through the sefirot from Binah to Malchut. Curiously, Binah associates with the higher Shekhina called Ima [...]