Tag: meditation

Chanukka Through the Years

Just as eyes are windows to the soul, so the Chanukka lights are

Rosh HaShana Through the Years

A bounty of teachings on how to prepare for Rosh HaShana and how

The Link Between Shame and Baseless Hatred

We are defining shame as the discomfort produced when the ego feels diminished

Esther’s Ruach HaKodesh

Life is filled with crossroads that rarely have signs to mark the way.

Shavuot through the years

Shavuot teachings over the years.

Addiction and Higher Teshuvah: Rosh HaShana 2023

You might be surprised to hear that addiction is as old as humanity

Malchut Sh’b’Malchut

To describe the king as “entangled in the tresses” is to assert that

Sifra, Sefer, Sippur

The Torah is really three in one: the Torah of Bereshit, the Torah

The Reward of a Mitzvah

The Zohar is teaching that HaShem (so to speak) looked into Him/Her/Itself and

The Seder as a Meditation on MATZAH

As we evolve and enlighten in the course of the evening we project

Chanukka through the years

Just as eyes are windows to the soul, so the Chanukka lights are

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 "And you shall know the soul of a convert,

A Chanukka Meditation from the Zohar

Those who seize this occasion to meditate on the Chanukka lamps will be

The Torah of Atzilut: The Torah of Souls

Shavuot 2016 /5776 At Sinai we got the Torah of Atzilut—the Torah of

A Short Discourse on Freedom

Pesach 2016 /5776 The reward phase of history called the world-to-come is characterized

Topsy-Turvy Gluon Dance: Purim 2016 /5776

Relationship is a dynamic endeavor for it combines two contradictory poles—merging and differentiating—that

“These Lights are Holy…”: An Instruction for Meditation

Chanukka 2015 / 5776 Our simple affirmation now becomes a deep teaching about

Master of Prayer: Tisha b’Av 2013

During the three weeks our obligation is to decrease simcha. We focus on

Dewdrops of Light: Shavuot 5773/2013

When HaShem revealed the Torah at Sinai, the Israelites died at every word...

Shavuot (Inspired by Meor v’Shemesh)

Jacob’s ladder reaches up through the worlds to the inwardness of G-d called

Tisha B’Av 5771 / 2011

How do we hope for mashiach with certain faith that he REALLY could

Prayer Before Study

Sarah Yehudit's prayer before learning Torah.

Studying Prayerfully

Perhaps no other woman had such a profound, direct and acknowledged impact on

Textual Study As Meditation

Textual study as meditation enables the mind to access the intense revelation of