The Inner Search for Pure Oil
Our world view, our sense of truth, our vision of perfection, our vision of what’s possible… all this is tainted by our long years of exile and association with foreign cultures.
Three Levels of Prayer: Rosh HaShana
Eliyahu Dessler teaches that there are three levels of prayer, which can be reformulated as three ways to approach Rosh Hashanna.
Tisha B’Av 5771 / 2011
How do we hope for mashiach with certain faith that he REALLY could materialize at any moment and yet also find a way to embrace our present moment with unconditional acceptance.
Shavuot 2011 / 5771
Every person and creature is hooked up to one or another of these 600,000 spiritual dynasties who received the Torah at Sinai.
Tikkun of Speech: Pesach 2011
On Pesach, our bodies were released from slavery and we literally exited the country, but a more fundamental deliverance unfolded beneath the surface.
Amalek is a Branch of Our Family Tree
A synchronicity of courage, grace and circumstance converge to produce a hero who turns his or her soul-wound into a mission of helping others and changing the world for good.
Tu B’Shvat 5771 / 2011
The Tree of Life has as many fruits as there are creatures (and moments) in the world. The Shekhina is its gardener and she daily plucks its ripened yield.
Cheshvan 2010: Turning Stumbling into Dancing
Slowly, day by day, as we move through life, we become more whole, for we are constantly absorbing new lights that were really just estranged pieces of ourselves all along.
What Exactly IS This “Book of Life”
The primary striving of the New Year’s prayers is to be inscribed in the Book of Life. While most interpret this as a plea for health and longevity, this is probably not the Talmud’s prime intent.
Managing Dispute: Tisha B’Av 2010
If it is true that causeless hatred prompted the Temple’s demise and only its opposite can save us…then we have got to find another way to disagree among ourselves.
Shavuot, 5770 (2010) Based on Sod Yesharim (Radziner Rebbe)
Every Jewish soul carries a memory trace of that Sinaic encounter. Somewhere, deep down, our soul remembers that earth-shaking event and the obligations it undertook at the mountain’s base.
Inviting Our Inner Stranger
Pesach Teaching 2010 / 5770. This is the bread of affliction that our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. All who are hungry, let them come and eat.
The Obligation (on Purim) of Inebriation
PurimBurst 2010 / 5770.
One is obligated to drink on Purim until you don’t know the difference between cursing Haman and blessing Mordekhai.
Tu B’Shvat: The New Year for Fruit Trees
Tu B’Shvat is the New Year’s day for fruit trees but it is important to note that this is not their day of judgment—that occurs months later on the holiday of Shavuot.
The 17th of Cheshvan: When the Great Flood Began
HaShem was hoping to bring down the Torah in Noach’s generation. All the pieces were there, including the soul of Moshe Rabbenu.
A Prayer for Enemies
A War Cry and Peace Prayer from a Jewish I-Center
Prayer Before Study
Sarah Yehudit’s prayer before learning Torah.
THE THREE LEVELS OF TESHUVA
Rosh HaShana 5770/2009: There are three levels of teshuva. Each of them is real, but their sticking power varies.
The Evolving Feminine: An Enlightened View from Kabbala
The Ari’s “The Seven Stages of Feminine Development” describes a stepwise path of growth that moves from diminishment toward fullness of stature which he presents as the universal pattern of feminine development.
The Messianic Vision of Equality and Beyond
The Voice of the Bride
by Rav Shneur Zalman of Liadi,
Presented and Elucidated by Sarah Yehudit Schneider
The Underside Of Creative Expression
G‑d’s creation of reality becomes the prototype of all creative expression. Every similar endeavor must follow its precedent, step by step, detail by detail.
Studying Prayerfully
Perhaps no other woman had such a profound, direct and acknowledged impact on Jewish practice. It’s not just prayer in general that we learn from Chana… it is our Amida, the very essence of Jewish prayer.
Textual Study As Meditation
Textual study as meditation enables the mind to access the intense revelation of light and consciousness that happened at Sinai.
Miryam’s Circle Dance
A glorious vision of the things that will change when woman recovers her full stature and feminine consciousness, now matured, exerts greater influence on the world.
Evolutionary Creationism
Evolutionary Creationism Torah Solves the Problem of Missing Links by Sarah Yehudit Schneider This essay can also be viewed in adobe pdf format. The expanded version of this study is available for purchase in book form: Evolutionary Creationism: Kabbala Solves the Riddle of Missing Links The Original Version 1 TORAH, SCIENCE, AND CREATIONISM THREE FRAMES […]