Tag: light
Addiction and Higher Teshuvah – Rosh HaShana, 2023
You might be surprised to hear that addiction is as old as humanity
SHADOWS AND LIGHT–CHANUKKA 5783/2022
There’s an elephant in the room, though I think most readers are unaware
“This Opposite This” HaShem Made the World
This tug-of-war stripped down to its basics is really about “who eats who?”
The Chinukh of Chanukka
Since Chanukka and Purim reference toward the future, R. Luria associates them with
The Reward of a Mitzvah
The Zohar is teaching that HaShem (so to speak) looked into Him/Her/Itself and
Black Fire on White Fire–Torah of Atzilut
This Torah of Atzilut was what Adam would have received had he not
Converts: Unsung Heroes of the Oral Torah
Shavuot 5778 / 2018 Sarah Yehudit Schneider “And you shall know the soul
A Chanukka Meditation from the Zohar
This Chanukka teaching is dedicated to Yaku, daughter of Heltcha: “Thank you for
The Transmutation of Shame though Teshuva
Rosh HaShana 2016 / 5777 Based on R. Tsadok HaKohen, Tikanat HaShavin 5:10-12,
The Torah of Atzilut — The Torah of Souls
Shavuot 2016 /5776 Sarah Yehudit Schneider The Torah revealed at Sinai (on Shavuot) is
A (Short) Discourse on Freedom
Pesach 2016 /5776 Sarah Yehudit Schneider “The reward phase of history called the
Topsy-Turvy Gluon Dance ~~ Purim 2016 /5776
A Model for Ahavat Yisrael Sarah Yehudit Schneider כִּי הָמָן בֶּן-הַמְּדָתָא הָאֲגָגִי צֹרֵר
“These Lights are Holy…”: An Instruction for Meditatioin
Chanukka (2015 / 5776) Sarah Yehudit Schneider Based on teachings by R. Tsadok
“…Until there are no stragglers in the marketplace.”
Sarah Yehudit Schneider When is the time for lighting Chanukka candles? The
Sweetening the Dinim – Rosh HaShanna
Rosh HaShana 2013/5774 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Our Rosh Hashana avoda—its soul-searching, lengthy prayers,
Hillel says to move toward many; Shammai says to move toward one
Chanukah, 2012 / 5773 Inspired by R. Tsadok HaKohen, Resisei Laila, 56 and
On Chanukka Everyone’s a High Priest
A Chanukha Teaching–2011 Based on R. Tsadok Hakohen, Pri Tsadik – Chanuka #1
The Inner Search for Pure Oil
Sarah Yehudit Schneider Among the various categories of mitzvot are those that
Inviting Our Inner Stranger
A Pesach Teaching 2010 / 5770 by Sarah Yehudit Schneider הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא דִּי
Chanukkah, Greece and Democracy
5769 / 2008 Sarah Yehudit Schneider There is no person or nation that
Holiday Teachings