We must start over every day, and sometimes many times each day. Rabbi Nachman of Breslov Chanukah, which comes from the Hebrew word for “dedication,” is a beautiful holiday of lights. During winter, the darkest time of the year, we light up the nights in remembrance of days long ago. Chanukah was a time of… Continue reading Rededication
What is your worst fear? So many of us lead lives lived in fear. Some of us are so used to the fear, we do not even recognize it anymore. It has become one with us, bound to us, the quiet whisper in the deepest parts of the night we forget upon waking. We move… Continue reading Fear
Love is not enough. Let the words sink in for a moment. Now, I’ll tell you my thoughts on that statement. If someone had told me that five years ago, I would have wholeheartedly disagreed. I would have protested. At this point in my life, I have had too much experience to believe otherwise.
How does one begin to recount all the memories of a place? How can I relate to you the smells of Machane Yehuda, the spices intermingling with the freshly baked loaves of bread, the vague odor of sweat and fish all merging with the cacophony of voices? The shouts of “Banana, banana, banana!” Can I… Continue reading A Taste of Israel
"I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine" (Song of Songs 6:3).
I set Him before me (always) my heart like wax my soul melts through my veins drips out of my eyes a blessing and a curse the eternal reminder I am not made like anyone for I I am fearfully and wonderfully made knitted in my mother’s sacred womb one thing I will always ask… Continue reading Shiviti
Your soul is buried under your skin Miles and miles deep Your heart stops behind your words Your failure to speak Speaks volumes There are leagues and seas Between your heart and your mouth Oceans of questions Winding rivers of fear Your mind And your heart Have been so Apart For so long You can’t… Continue reading Buried
speak through me I invite You in let the spirit rest His divinity a breath His love a chill His touch a trail of goosebumps along my arms His whisper beckoning a cry into the void speak for I am listening
What do we do when we want God in our lives? We must invite Him in. Our relationship with God must be a constant invitation. In everything we do - "when you sit in your house, and when you walk on the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up" (Deuteronomy 6:7)… Continue reading Home
A continuation of "Slavery." There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. Carl Jung Redemption is both a global and personal act. Why… Continue reading Salvation
The Singing Soul 