Parashat Va-Etchanan 5777 Meir Sendor In Tzfat the figure of Rabbi Yitzhak Luria, the Ari z”l, looms large. And rightly so. He electrified the local kabbalistic community in the few years he lived here, from 1570 to 1572, with his…
Hope Springs Eternal
Meir Sendor Parashat Devarim 5777 In these Nine Days approaching Tisha B’Av, our thoughts are on Jerusalem, our holy city, on the crises that engulfed her in the past and the current orchestrated unrest that is a continuing result of…
Where Are We?
Parashat Devarim Guest post by Rav Noam Sendor Last Shabbat our collective heart was broken yet again with the horrific murder of Yosef, Chaya, and Elad Salomon HY”D. Unfortunately, our Facebook feeds were bombarded with the brutal images of the crime…
Stand By Your Word
Parashat Matot-Mas’ei 5777 Meir Sendor תהלים פרק סה פסוק ב לך דמיה תהלה אלהים בציון ולך ישלם נדר: To You silence is praise, God, in Zion, and to You shall vows be fulfilled. Tensions are high on the Temple Mount…
Deep Thought of Journeys
Guest post by Rabbi Noam Sendor Parashat Matot-Mas’ei 5777 What is the meaning of life? It is, of course, forty-two. So states Deep Thought, the computer system in Douglas Adams’ novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” after seven and…
Discomfort Zone
Upcoming Events: Meditation Workshop at Nishmat, for women only July 16, 18, 20 at 7 PM Meditation Workshop in Efrat, July , 7-9 PM For more information, please click on Classes and Events here Parashat Pinchas 5777 Meir Sendor This…
Open and Shut
[For information about upcoming classes in Jerusalem this month, please click here] Parashat Balak 5777 Meir Sendor Over the last few weeks we have enjoyed wonderful visits from friends, giving us the opportunity to introduce them to some of our…
Bites of Reality
Parashat Hukkat 5777 Meir Sendor The other day I was jogging along the switchbacks of the dirt road that winds through the forest of Tzfat, up along the northern side of the mountain, when I came upon a man walking…
Thanks for the Coffee
Parashat Korah 5777 Meir Sendor I took a quick trip to the States last week to officiate at a wedding and to take the opportunity spend good time with family. Things went pretty smoothly and happily until the flights back…
If You Will It
Parashat Shelach 5777 Meir Sendor Last week Ryan Bellerose came to Tzfat. He’s a Métis, one of the First Nations from the area of what is now Northern Alberta. Ryan’s a political activist for the First Nations in Canada and…
