Parashat Va-etchanan 5779 by Meir Sendor We’re traveling outside Israel right now, teaching some meditation workshops and visiting family. We’re grateful for these precious opportunities, but we also have to admit that there’s something painful about leaving the Land of…
What a question!
In Jerusalem for women Three classes at Nishmat July 7-11 Maimonides, Hassidut, Prophecy, and Meditation in the evening https://www.talorot.org/classes-and-events/ Parashat Shelach 5779 by Meir Sendor I’m asked occasionally by a local hotel to give a tour of Tzfat and the…
No Self Radio
Shevi’I shel Pesach 5779 by Meir Sendor It’s Hol HaMoed Pesach and Israelis are on the move all over the country. Getting out to enjoy the natural beauty of the Land is a favorite activity, and together with the Israel…
Freedom Ride
Online Course in Jewish Meditation Instruction We’re now in the process of forming an online course in Jewish Meditation Instruction. If you are interested, please let us know! Parashat Metzora – Shabbat HaGadol 5779 by Meir Sendor We voted in…
Make It So
Parashat VaYakhel 5779 by Meir Sendor The town of Tzfat together with the Jewish National Fund recently rehabbed a park that had languished in disrepair, closed to the public for several years. Each organization had argued that the other was…
Off Road
Parashat Terumah 5779 Meir Sendor We took some time from our usual schedule last week and visited the nature reserve at Mount Arbel on a beautiful sunny day. The Arbel features steep cliffs with dramatic views overlooking the Kinneret and…
Start Up Nation
Parashat Bo 5779 Meir Sendor Livnot U’Lehibanot, the fine and effective educational organization in Tzfat that inspires love for Israel through programs offering hiking, volunteering and learning, also hosts Birthright groups and their extension programs under the banner “Mountains and…
Preferred Pronouns
Parashat Va-era 5779 Meir Sendor One of the participants in a shiur I taught on prayer told me that she talks to HaShem constantly throughout the day, not just at the three official daily times of tefillah, Shacharit, Minchah, Maariv.…
Mamaloshen
Parashat Shemot 5779 Meir Sendor The twenty-first of Tevet is Yom Ivrit in Israel – Hebrew Language Day. It’s set on the birthday of Eliezer Ben-Yehudah (1858-1922), the linguist and lexicographer who, with single-minded devotion, was instrumental in helping to…
